netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Multiple VLAN Registration Protocol (IEEE 802.1Q-2011)

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Message-Id: <20130210.204012.215447544627085371.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:40:12 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	david.ward@...mit.edu
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Multiple VLAN Registration Protocol (IEEE
 802.1Q-2011)

From: David Ward <david.ward@...mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 22:17:05 -0500

> The Linux kernel currently implements the GARP VLAN Registration
> Protocol (GVRP) from IEEE 802.1Q-1998 (applicant-only participant).
> When the GVRP flag is set for a VLAN interface on a Linux host, the
> host advertises its membership in the VLAN to the attached bridge/
> switch, so that it is not necessary to manually configure the bridge/
> switch port to participate in the VLAN.
> 
> GVRP has been superseded by the Multiple VLAN Registration Protocol
> (MVRP) in IEEE 802.1Q-2011, which addresses scalability concerns about
> the earlier protocol.  The following patches add support for MVRP to
> the Linux kernel and iproute2 utility. They are based largely off of
> the existing implementation of GVRP, but have been modified for the
> new PDU structure and state machine.
> 
> This implementation was tested with two Juniper EX4200 switches.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Ward <david.ward@...mit.edu>
> Acked-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>

Applied to net-next, thanks David.
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