netdev - Re: rstpd implementation

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Date:	Thu, 23 Jun 2016 15:56:00 +0200
From:	Phil <pme.neratec@....ch>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: rstpd implementation

On 06/22/2016 08:12 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 12:44:52 -0500
> ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman) wrote:
>
>> Phil <pme.neratec@....ch> writes:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> When looking for an RSTP daemon I found Stephen Hemminger's
>>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shemminger/rstp.git
>>> <https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shemminger/rstp#zSoyz>
>>> with it's last commit from October 2011.
>>>
>>> Is this implementation still in good use by anybody - or has it been
>>> replaced/superseded by another implementation?
>> I don't know and when you get into user space daemons they aren't much
>> talked about on the kernel lists.  That said you will likely fair better
>> on the netdev list (cc'd).
>>
>> Eric
> The current one I recommend is the MSTPd done by Cumulus
>   https://sourceforge.net/p/mstpd/wiki/Home/
> But like all projects they could use help
>
Thank's a lot to Eric and Stephen for your answers.
In the meantime I also found https://github.com/ocedo/mstpd

Philipp