Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 09:17:10 -0800
From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
To: Catalin BOIE <util@deuroconsult.ro>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Bridge-utils update for 2.6 ?
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On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 12:04:15 +0200 (EET)
Catalin BOIE <util@deuroconsult.ro> wrote:

> On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Thomas Graham wrote:
> 
> > my god, what protocol could I use for STP replacement after it's removed
> > from the kernal code then ?!
> 
> The userlevel one. ;)

Yup, that's right.  Many people have requested enhanced STP support, and rather
than continuing to do it all in the kernel, the right way to do it is to have
a well-defined API (probably netlink), and a separate user level process to manipulate
the underlying routing.  Then (hopefully with help from the community) the daemon can
be enhanced (or replaced) as needed.

Don't worry ;-) the kernel and system won't break.  The existing in kernel STP
support will stay (probably as an option) for the life of 2.6; to accommodate
users using the existing utils.

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