netdev - Re: [PATCHv3 net-next 05/10] docs: bridge: add STP doc

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Message-ID: <20231128144840.5d3ced05@hermes.local>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2023 14:48:40 -0800
From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, David
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Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 net-next 05/10] docs: bridge: add STP doc

On Tue, 28 Nov 2023 16:49:38 +0800
Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com> wrote:

> +STP is a Layer 2 protocol that operates at the Data Link Layer of the OSI
> +model. It was originally developed as IEEE 802.1D and has since evolved into
> +multiple versions, including Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) and
> +`Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)
> +<https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20220316150857.2442916-1-tobias@waldekranz.com/>`_.
> +

Last time I checked, IEEE folded RSTP into the standard in 2004.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.1D