[PATCH] Updated 802.1p/q patch

Yar Tikhiy yar at comp.chem.msu.su
Thu Feb 15 09:13:24 UTC 2007


On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 10:18:49PM +0000, Bruce M Simpson wrote:
> 
> What has not been tested or considered is the situation where we have
> nested VLANs. At least one individual has asked about this feature. At
> the moment, I'd suggest that only Netgraph potentially deals with this
> rather than the main network stack.

Do you have any architectural reservations about nested VLANs in
the main network stack?  Presently, a one-line patch can allow a
vlan(4) to attach to another vlan(4), but I haven't heard about the
behaviour of the resulting setup yet.

Thanks!

-- 
Yar


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