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Cc: h bagade <bagadeh@gmail.com>, freebsd-net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: STP on netgraph bridge node
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On 3/13/12 1:45 PM, Andrew Thompson wrote:
> On 14 March 2012 09:40, Julian Elischer<julian@freebsd.org>  wrote:
>> On 3/11/12 1:06 AM, h bagade wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Is there any way to add STP and RSTP protocols to bridge node on
>>> netgraph? Should I implement it on the node or it has done before?
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>> feel free.. I don't think it has been done,
>>
>> whether one adds it to that node or a separate node that hooks
>> onto the side of it might be a reasonable question.. (but I don't
>> know enough about STP to judge..)  I dont' know how well the code
>> in if_bridge will port over, or iff it can be made a common module.
> I split it off as a module 5 years ago and mentioned ng_bridge in the
> commit message.
>
> http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=160704
>
> Still waiting for someone to plumb it in :)

well then I guess we have a volunteer!




>
> Andrew
>
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