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From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
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Subject: Re: Patch to add Netgraph to all ethernet interfaces.
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Stefan Bethke wrote:
> 
> Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> wrote:
> 
> > Here is a patch that adds a netgraph node capability to any ethernet
> > driver.

> 
> 802.1Q VLAN tagging, 802.3p ToS tagging, static trunking, 802.3? dynamic
> trunking, 802.1 STP participation for renundant links, etc. pp.

What do these do? I've seen soem VLAN code in the kernel.. what is it?
and ToS (Type of Service?).. what does it require?


> 
> Although one might want to make the "divert" mode optional (for performance
> reasons), there is plenty opportunity to do fancy stuff with ethernet.
> 

(the reason I wrote it)

> As we have just installed a BayStack 350, and as soon as I've upgraded our
> lab machine to 4.0-current, I could give trunking a try...

you mean "write a node"?

how would it look?
what does it (trunking) do?

> 
> Stefan
> 
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