RSTP code for test/review

Andrew Thompson thompsa at freebsd.org
Sun Oct 15 16:43:07 PDT 2006


On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 12:11:06AM +1300, Andrew Thompson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> Attached is a patch that brings in rapid spanning tree (802.1w)
> support. I would appreciate any testing or code review. The states will
> be printed out at the moment as packets are transfered and the topo is
> calculated, these should stop when it becomes stable.
 
Is there anyone using STP/RSTP in their network who is interested in
testing this? The rapid spanning tree protocol will quickly transition ports to
forwarding (around 1 second) compared to the 30 seconds for STP.

http://people.freebsd.org/~thompsa/bridge_rstp.20061012.diff


cheers,
Andrew


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