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From: Jens Osterkamp <jens@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: e1000-eedc@lists.sourceforge.net,
	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, evb@yahoogroups.com
Cc: chrisw@redhat.com
Subject: implementation of IEEE 802.1Qbg in lldpad
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:10:53 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1285686662-8561-1-git-send-email-jens@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)

Hi,

this set of patches contains the initial implementation of the IEEE 802.1Qbg
standard: code for the exchange of EVB TLVs in LLDP frames to negotiate VSI
capabalities as well as VDP VSI TLVs between a host with virtual machines
and an adjacent switch.

It supports setting the parameters of the TLV exchange from the command
line using lldptool.

VDP profiles consisting of mode,mgrid,typeid,typeidversion,instanceid,mac,vlan
can be given to lldpad with lldptool or sent to lldpad via netlink messages from
the kernel or another program, e.g. libvirt.

VDP profiles are processed through the VDP/VSI and ECP state machines and
sent out in ECP frames.
ACK frames are received and processed through ECP and VDP/VSI state machines.

It implements a VDP bridge role for a port together with a lldptool command to
switch a port to the bridge role.

These patches apply against lldpad 0.9.38 and still contain code to log
low-level protocol activity more verbosely than necessary.

In comparison to the last posted series, several changes have been made:

 - ECP and VDP implementation patches have been merged. Now ECP/VDP only consists
   of 2 patches: ECP/VDP and VDP commandline interface
 - VDP sequence numbering has been fixed
 - profile is removed in case VDP state machine reaches VSI_EXIT
 - reduced debug verbosity in VDP code
 - network byte order in sequence numbering was fixed
 - fixed bug in profile comparison
 - fixed default values for EVB supported mode and capabilities
 - increased test coverage
 - addressed John's comments on my last series
 - many other small bug fixes

For more information about lldpad take a look at

http://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000/files/DCB%20Tools/lldpad/

Please review and comment.

Thanks !

                        Jens

             reply	other threads:[~2010-09-28 15:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-09-28 15:10 Jens Osterkamp [this message]
2010-09-28 15:10 ` [PATCH 1/9] consolidation of MIN and MAX macros in common.h Jens Osterkamp
2010-09-28 15:10 ` [PATCH 2/9] implementation of IEEE 802.1Qbg in lldpad, part 1 Jens Osterkamp
2010-10-12 18:05   ` [E1000-eedc] " John Fastabend
2010-10-13 14:40     ` Jens Osterkamp
2010-09-28 15:10 ` [PATCH 3/9] BUGFIX: check for existence of ifup Jens Osterkamp
2010-09-28 15:10 ` [PATCH 4/9] implementation of IEEE 802.1Qbg in lldpad, part 2 Jens Osterkamp
2010-10-12 18:06   ` [E1000-eedc] " John Fastabend
2010-10-13 15:03     ` Jens Osterkamp
2010-09-28 15:10 ` [PATCH 5/9] VDP commandline interface Jens Osterkamp
2010-09-28 15:10 ` [PATCH 6/9] add libnl dependency to configure.ac Jens Osterkamp
2010-09-28 15:11 ` [PATCH 7/9] use connect instead of bind Jens Osterkamp
2010-09-28 15:11 ` [PATCH 8/9] lldpad support for libvirt netlink message Jens Osterkamp
2010-09-28 15:11 ` [PATCH 9/9] do not use macv[tap/lan] interfaces as ports Jens Osterkamp
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2010-11-22 15:50 implementation of IEEE 802.1Qbg in lldpad Jens Osterkamp
2010-11-08 16:11 Jens Osterkamp
2010-10-22 11:26 Jens Osterkamp
2010-08-25 12:27 Jens Osterkamp
2010-07-23 10:34 Jens Osterkamp

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