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* implementation of IEEE 802.1Qbg in lldpad
@ 2010-09-28 15:10 Jens Osterkamp
  2010-09-28 15:10 ` [PATCH 1/9] consolidation of MIN and MAX macros in common.h Jens Osterkamp
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  0 siblings, 9 replies; 16+ messages in thread
From: Jens Osterkamp @ 2010-09-28 15:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: e1000-eedc, virtualization, evb; +Cc: chrisw

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

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* implementation of IEEE 802.1Qbg in lldpad
@ 2010-10-22 11:26 Jens Osterkamp
  2010-10-22 11:26 ` [PATCH 7/9] use connect instead of bind Jens Osterkamp
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread
From: Jens Osterkamp @ 2010-10-22 11:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: e1000-eedc, virtualization, evb; +Cc: chrisw

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. Protocol debug messages are now logged
to syslog via LLDPAD_* macros and no longer to console. If you want to see them,
configure your syslog daemon to collect debug messages and start lldpad with -V 7.

 - improved cleanup in case of interface down
 - improved checking if a port really exists
 - converted all our code to use LLDPAD_ log messages
 - addressed Johns comments
 - modified EVB TLV defaults
 - increase max number of VSIs to 64k
 - fixed a number of bugs and memleaks

For more information about lldpad take a look at

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

Please review and comment.

Thank you !

                        Jens

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* implementation of IEEE 802.1Qbg in lldpad
@ 2010-11-08 16:11 Jens Osterkamp
  2010-11-08 16:11 ` [PATCH 7/9] use connect instead of bind Jens Osterkamp
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread
From: Jens Osterkamp @ 2010-11-08 16:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: e1000-eedc, virtualization, evb; +Cc: chrisw

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. Protocol debug messages are now logged
to syslog via LLDPAD_* macros and no longer to console. If you want to see them,
configure your syslog daemon to collect debug messages and start lldpad with -V 7.

Changes since last posting:

 - fix to prevent parsing of TLVs across frame boundary
 - fixed two minor memleaks in lldp_vdp_cmds.c and event_iface.c
 - fixed typo

For more information about lldpad take a look at

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

Please review and comment.

Thanks !

                        Jens

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