Re: IEEE 802.1ag / 802.1x / Y1731

Hi Balaji,
You mean CFM OAM 802.1ag can not be supported under linux yet.
I mean there are many routers which are running linux and if they want
to support CFM OAM on
their routers they will have to make changes in Linux networking stack?
Could you please tell about the support of Y.1731 / 802.1ah / 802.1x
in the linux networking
stack ?

Thanks,
Satendra

On 1 July 2011 15:51, Balaji G [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

Could anyone please tell me whether there is any support in Linux
networking stack for 802.1ag ? If yes please mention the linux version.

Linux Kernel does not support 802.1ag
Thanks,
Cheers,
  - Balaji



On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Satendra... [off-list ref]
wrote:

quoted

Hello All,
Could anyone please tell me whether there is any support in Linux
networking stack
for 802.1ag ? If yes please mention the linux version.
What I need to do is to use CFM OAM (802.1ag) open source client on
our routers running linux
on them. Open source client to be used is dot1ag utils.

Thanks,
Satendra

On 24 June 2011 17:36, Satendra... [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

Hi,
Could someone please tell me which version of linux has got support
for below (all three) protocols:
- IEEE 802.1ag
- 802.1x
- Y1731

Thanks,
Satendra

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On Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 05:42:41PM +0530, Satendra... wrote:

You mean CFM OAM 802.1ag can not be supported under linux yet.
I mean there are many routers which are running linux and if they want
to support CFM OAM on
their routers they will have to make changes in Linux networking stack?
Could you please tell about the support of Y.1731 / 802.1ah / 802.1x
in the linux networking
stack ?

Hi,


i'm working on a part of the 802.1ah standard, namely the mac-in-mac
encapsulation. I'll see if i can push it out soon.

Note that that only gets you a quarter of the job done since you need
PBB bridge behaviour as well, which is somewhat more complex to do than
the encapsulation. It will probably require some extensions to the
kernel<>userspace STP interface.

802.1X is supported by hostapd. (http://hostap.epitest.fi) with the
"wired" driver. There's nothing needed from kernel side for this.

802.1ag you can maybe implement in userspace, i don't know the spec to
tell.


-David