Subject: Re: 802.1ad on linux

From: Jens Osterkamp <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:21:46 +0200

On Thursday 28 July 2011, Satendra... wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Does linux kernel has support for 802.1ad ? if yes could u plz mention
> the version?

No, but David Lamparter has just recently posted patches which implement this.

http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=131093613717022&w=2

They work fine for me on top of net-next. I had to add EXPORT_SYMBOL for
vlan_untag and vlan_do_receive to be able to build as a module.
You will need his patch for iproute2 as well to be able to create 802.1ad
VLAN devices.

Jens

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