I want to RTFM -- so where's the FM?
Hi all,
I'm looking for documentation about the internals of the bridging software. We're putting together a new chip that incorporates, among other things, a core for a managed switch and a processor that will be running Linux. I wanted to have the Linux code (among other things) field SNMP requests and configure the managed switch. I'm hoping that it's as simple as writing a driver for the managed switch and registering it with the bridging code. Is there any documentation on the internals of the bridging software or do I have to paw through the source?
Thanks!
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Wade Guthrie [email protected]
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Is there any documentation on the internals of the bridging software or do I have to paw through the source?
In a previous list post (http://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/bridge/2006-December/001593.html) I recommended the "Understanding Linux Network Internals" book published by O'Reilly publishing. This book has several chapters that explain in detail the linux bridge and STP implementation, as well as a chapter that explains STP in detail.
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Quoted 12 lines · On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:22:57 -0700 Wade Guthrie <[email protected]>…
Hi all,
I'm looking for documentation about the internals of the bridging software. We're putting together a new chip that incorporates, among other things, a core for a managed switch and a processor that will be running Linux. I wanted to have the Linux code (among other things) field SNMP requests and configure the managed switch. I'm hoping that it's as simple as writing a driver for the managed switch and registering it with the bridging code. Is there any documentation on the internals of the bridging software or do I have to paw through the source?
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Thanks!
Obvious places:
Linux net wiki http://linux-net.osdl.org
Documentation/networking/* in kernel sources manual pages in bridge-utils
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Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>