Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:37:20 +1300 From: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@freebsd.org> To: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MFC rstp Message-ID: <20070120013720.GC23991@heff.fud.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <20070118082139.W82671@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net> References: <20070118035748.GE12548@heff.fud.org.nz> <20070118082139.W82671@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net>
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On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 08:24:14AM +0000, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote: > On Thu, 18 Jan 2007, Andrew Thompson wrote: > > Hi, > > >I have a patch here to MFC the rstp code to RELENG_6. It should be all > >fine and dandy as for API but will cause the default spanning tree > >version to change from stp to rstp. > > > >Is it ok to change the protocol version for the STABLE users (rstp is > >backwards compatable with stp) or should it still default to stp and > >require the OP to enable rstp. > > > >Any opinions? > > I think you should leave stp as default and have the user configure rstp > if (s)he thinks (s)he needs it. Yes, I think thats the safest. It will just need a bit more info in the man page so people know it exists. Andrew
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