Thanks Eric, I've joined the dev list and will be happy to help where I can.
Tony On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 3:39 AM, Eric Garver <e...@erig.me> wrote: > Hi Tony, > > There is work currently being done for 802.1ad. Active discussions are > on the dev list. > > Userspace support: > http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/dev/2016-July/074337.html > http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/dev/2016-August/077136.html > > Dataplane tests: > http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/dev/2016-August/077014.html > > There is also kernel support in the works, but no recent series has been > posted. It needs changes to support the 802.1ad feature flag referenced > in the threads above. But if there is interest I can post a RFC version > to the dev list. > > Eric. > >>Hi all >> >>"OVS does not support QinQ, because no one has implemented it." (Ben >>Pfaff, Jun/2016). >> >>I have the first hints of a requirement to support QinQ, so I would >>like to implement it. But I have a bunch of questions first: >> >>- What has happened to previous attempts to implement QinQ? I have >>seen various patches in the mailing lists. Are these still active? Do >>they have some merit? > > They have resumed again and are based on Thomas F Herbert's original > work. See links above. > >>- Is the issue quite complicated? I see references to ovsdb >>configuration items and the need to support a stack of VLAN tags - all >>sounds fairly complicated, but what would be the simplest >>implementation we could deliver? >> >>- Where do the standards sit wrt this feature? Would it be possible in >>v1.3 or would we be looking at adding support to a later version? (I >>know, I should be reading the standards myself, and I'll get onto that >>soon). >> >>- Are there any like-minded souls out there who would like to pick up >>this work and collaborate on it? More to the point, are there people >>out there actively developing this feature already? Can I help? > > Yup. See the dev list and links above. > Help testing and reviewing the existing patch sets would be fantastic. > >>- What would my next steps be? My inclination would be to read the >>standards, think about a few use cases, then draft requirements and >>test cases, then start thinking about how to implement. Would this >>work? Should I publish a discussion document to this forum? Are there >>such documents already in existence? > > Join the discussions, test, review, etc. The more eyes the better. > >>- Having developed this feature, is it going to be able to be >>delivered into the main project? > > That's the goal! > >>Any help appreciated. >> >>Cheers >>Tony _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
