802.1ad on linux

Hi,

Does linux kernel has support for 802.1ad ? if yes could u plz mention
the version?

Thanks,
Satendra

On Thursday 28 July 2011, Satendra... wrote:

Hi,

Does linux kernel has support for 802.1ad ? if yes could u plz mention
the version?

No, but David Lamparter has just recently posted patches which implement this.

http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=131093613717022&w=2

They work fine for me on top of net-next. I had to add EXPORT_SYMBOL for
vlan_untag and vlan_do_receive to be able to build as a module.
You will need his patch for iproute2 as well to be able to create 802.1ad
VLAN devices.

Jens

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On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 01:21:46PM +0200, Jens Osterkamp wrote:

On Thursday 28 July 2011, Satendra... wrote:

quoted

Hi,

Does linux kernel has support for 802.1ad ? if yes could u plz mention
the version?

No, but David Lamparter has just recently posted patches which implement this.

http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=131093613717022&w=2

They work fine for me on top of net-next. I had to add EXPORT_SYMBOL for
vlan_untag and vlan_do_receive to be able to build as a module.
You will need his patch for iproute2 as well to be able to create 802.1ad
VLAN devices.

I will be rebasing them onto current net-next HEAD this weekend. With
the VLAN cleanup in, some bits changed; I'll also do some reordering to
fix those symbols.


-David

Thanks Jens and David.
David, could you give little idea about how you are testing your changes?
I mean is there any test suite used (may be third party) ?

On 28 July 2011 18:18, David Lamparter [off-list ref] wrote:

On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 01:21:46PM +0200, Jens Osterkamp wrote:

quoted

On Thursday 28 July 2011, Satendra... wrote:

quoted

Hi,

Does linux kernel has support for 802.1ad ? if yes could u plz mention
the version?

No, but David Lamparter has just recently posted patches which implement this.

http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=131093613717022&w=2

They work fine for me on top of net-next. I had to add EXPORT_SYMBOL for
vlan_untag and vlan_do_receive to be able to build as a module.
You will need his patch for iproute2 as well to be able to create 802.1ad
VLAN devices.

I will be rebasing them onto current net-next HEAD this weekend. With
the VLAN cleanup in, some bits changed; I'll also do some reordering to
fix those symbols.


-David