[9fans] plan 9 bridging

[9fans] plan 9 bridging

[erik quanstrom]

is there any documentation on how port/devebridge works?

- erik

Re: [9fans] plan 9 bridging

[geoff]

Yes, there is now bridge(3).

Re: [9fans] plan 9 bridging

[erik quanstrom]

> Yes, there is now bridge(3).
>

thank you very much!  this will be tons easier than (mis)configuring linux.

i assume that i will need to add jumbo support myself. ;-)

- erik

Re: [9fans] plan 9 bridging

[Artem Letko]

i wonder what are you trying to do with bridge(3)

-art

On 6/18/07, erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com> wrote:
> > Yes, there is now bridge(3).
> >
>
> thank you very much!  this will be tons easier than (mis)configuring linux.
>
> i assume that i will need to add jumbo support myself. ;-)
>
> - erik
>
>

Re: [9fans] plan 9 bridging

[erik quanstrom]

> i wonder what are you trying to do with bridge(3)
>
> -art
>
> On 6/18/07, erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com> wrote:
> > > Yes, there is now bridge(3).
> > >
> >
> > thank you very much!  this will be tons easier than (mis)configuring linux.
> >
> > i assume that i will need to add jumbo support myself. ;-)
> >
> > - erik

snoopy(1), eh? ;-)

i need a simple jumbo-capable wide spot in the network.  snoopy+devbridge
should do it.

it seems it should be trivial adding jumbo support.

- erik

Re: [9fans] plan 9 bridging

[Artem Letko]

ok, i'm still not sure what you're trying to do but thought i'd
mention that bridge(3) is not something that implements an "Ethernet
bridge" as in ANSI/IEEE 802.1d

-art

On 6/18/07, erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com> wrote:
> > i wonder what are you trying to do with bridge(3)
> >
> > -art
> >
> > On 6/18/07, erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com> wrote:
> > > > Yes, there is now bridge(3).
> > > >
> > >
> > > thank you very much!  this will be tons easier than (mis)configuring linux.
> > >
> > > i assume that i will need to add jumbo support myself. ;-)
> > >
> > > - erik
>
> snoopy(1), eh? ;-)
>
> i need a simple jumbo-capable wide spot in the network.  snoopy+devbridge
> should do it.
>
> it seems it should be trivial adding jumbo support.
>
> - erik
>

Re: [9fans] plan 9 bridging

[erik quanstrom]

> ok, i'm still not sure what you're trying to do but thought i'd
> mention that bridge(3) is not something that implements an "Ethernet
> bridge" as in ANSI/IEEE 802.1d

i don't have the 802.1d standard.  i can imagine the mss business isn't
standard and it seems a real bridge needs to participate in spanning-tree
stuff.  is there anything else a bridge must do?

i just want to be able to keep traffic counters &c between two hosts connected
back-to-back.  i think bridge(3) provides more than i need, but i might be
missing something.

- erik