Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] Option to forward BPDU (Ethernet control class) frames

2011-08-09 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 11:08:27AM -0700, Sanjay Sane wrote: > Currently, a NORMAL action bridge drops reserved-multicast-mac addresses; > 01-80-c2-00-00-[f0:ff]. A node that does not implement STP should have an > option to forward such frames. > > This commit proposes to have a configuration opt

[ovs-dev] [PATCH] Option to forward BPDU (Ethernet control class) frames

2011-08-09 Thread Sanjay Sane
Currently, a NORMAL action bridge drops reserved-multicast-mac addresses; 01-80-c2-00-00-[f0:ff]. A node that does not implement STP should have an option to forward such frames. This commit proposes to have a configuration option to allow forwarding of BPDU class frames. To ensure backward compa

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] Option to forward BPDU (Ethernet control class) frames

2011-08-09 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 08:11:48PM -0700, Sanjay Sane wrote: > Currently, a NORMAL action bridge drops reserved-multicast-mac addresses; > 01-80-c2-00-00-[f0:ff]. A node that does not implement STP should have an > option to forward such frames. > > This commit proposes to have a configuration opt

[ovs-dev] [PATCH] Option to forward BPDU (Ethernet control class) frames

2011-08-08 Thread Sanjay Sane
Currently, a NORMAL action bridge drops reserved-multicast-mac addresses; 01-80-c2-00-00-[f0:ff]. A node that does not implement STP should have an option to forward such frames. This commit proposes to have a configuration option to allow forwarding of BPDU class frames. To ensure backward compa