Announcing 802.1Q VLAN version 1.0.0 for Linux. 802.1Q VLAN is an industry standard that allows you to run multiple Virtual LANs over a single ethernet wire/interface. It also supports priority settings. To user-space code, this VLAN patch makes VLAN devices look like Ethernet devices. The patch is large, so go here to find it: (get version 1.0.0) http://scry.wanfear.com/~greear/vlan.html Or, if you just want the raw patch & user tools with no explanation: http://scry.wanfear.com/~greear/vlan/vlan.1.0.0.tar.gz If you really want the whole thing as a diff emailed to you, let me know! This code has been in development for about 2 years now, and I feel it is stable enough to warrant inclusion into the kernel as an EXPERIMENTAL feature. I understand Linus and others may not wish to add it to 2.4.0 proper, but even getting in something like the -ac series, or any broader audience, should help wring the final bugs out and ensure it will be stable. Your comments and testing will help make the code stronger! My 802.1Q VLAN patch features: * Implements 802.1Q VLAN spec. * Can support up to 4094 VLANs per ethernet interface. * Scales well in critical paths: O(1), as far as I can tell. * Optional hashed device lookup tables in the kernel, for better scalability in non-critical paths. * Supports MULTICAST * Can change MAC address of VLAN. * Multiple naming conventions supported, and adjustable at runtime. * Optional header-reordering, to make the VLAN interface look JUST LIKE an Ethernet interface. This fixes some problems with DHCPd and anything else that uses a SOCK_PACKET socket. Default setting is off, which works for every other protocol I know about, and is slightly faster. * Patches for both the 2.2.X series and the 2.4.0 series. * /proc file system support (/proc/net/vlan) * 802.1Q Priority mapping and support. I have not tested compiling it in as a module, though preliminary module support has been added to the 2.4.0 patch. It should work just fine when compiled in (not a module.) For comparison, there is also another VLAN project at http://vlan.sourceforge.net, but I think mine is better, or at least has a more colorful web-page! :) Comments are welcome. Thanks, Ben -- Ben Greear ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.candelatech.com Author of ScryMUD: scry.wanfear.com 4444 (Released under GPL) http://scry.wanfear.com http://scry.wanfear.com/~greear - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
