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Date:      Mon, 28 Mar 2016 19:05:14 -0400
From:      "George Neville-Neil" <gnn@freebsd.org>
To:        "Jonathan T. Looney" <jtl@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r297358 - head/sys/net
Message-ID:  <752095E3-DF2D-425E-BA80-B1CF60E638CF@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <351BC901-1C12-4A4C-9B69-46D14608B24D@juniper.net>
References:  <201603281825.u2SIPtSI069259@repo.freebsd.org> <351BC901-1C12-4A4C-9B69-46D14608B24D@juniper.net>

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On 28 Mar 2016, at 14:36, Jonathan T. Looney wrote:

> On 3/28/16, 2:25 PM, "owner-src-committers@freebsd.org on behalf of =

> George V. Neville-Neil" <owner-src-committers@freebsd.org on behalf of =

> gnn@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>
>> Author: gnn
>> Date: Mon Mar 28 18:25:54 2016
>> New Revision: 297358
>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/297358
>>
>> Log:
>>  Add ethertype reserved for network testing
>>
>>  MFC after:	2 weeks
>>
>> Modified:
>>  head/sys/net/ethernet.h
>>
>> Modified: head/sys/net/ethernet.h
>> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
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=3D=3D=3D=3D
>> --- head/sys/net/ethernet.h	Mon Mar 28 17:42:14 2016	(r297357)
>> +++ head/sys/net/ethernet.h	Mon Mar 28 18:25:54 2016	(r297358)
>> @@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ struct ether_vlan_header {
>> #define	ETHERTYPE_SLOW		0x8809	/* 802.3ad link aggregation (LACP) */
>> #define	ETHERTYPE_PPP		0x880B	/* PPP (obsolete by PPPoE) */
>> #define	ETHERTYPE_HITACHI	0x8820	/* Hitachi Cable (Optoelectronic =

>> Systems Laboratory) */
>> +#define ETHERTYPE_TEST		0x8822  /* Network Conformance Testing */
>> #define	ETHERTYPE_MPLS		0x8847	/* MPLS Unicast */
>> #define	ETHERTYPE_MPLS_MCAST	0x8848	/* MPLS Multicast */
>> #define	ETHERTYPE_AXIS		0x8856	/* Axis Communications AB proprietary =

>> bootstrap/config */
>
> The IEEE registry shows this Ethertype as being allocated to Wind =

> River Systems. Do we know that Wind River Systems has further =

> allocated that to be used for network conformance testing? If not, I =

> fear we could end up causing problems down the road.

Guess who worked at Wind River and got that allocated :-)

I am going to dig through my old mail archives from WR days and get the =

IEEE to move it, since, clearly, not one kept the thing up after I left. =

  That address is over a decade out of date, and Wind River no longer =

exists, as Intel bought them several years ago.

Best,
George



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