[RFC] [PATCH] Mode=Switch: add per-VLAN forwarding database

M. Braun michael-dev at fami-braun.de
Wed Jan 7 21:24:26 CET 2015



Am 07.01.2015 um 13:03 schrieb Guus Sliepen:
> Aha. I'm wondering whether it's even necessary to make it optional, as
> it seems to me that if you use VLANs, this behaviour is always
> preferable over not looking at the VLAN tag. But maybe there are
> situations where this is not the case?

I've only made it optional for backward compatibility, as otherwise
clients without this patch could not parse the new SUBNET_MAC messages
and thus not learn the mac. I don't know a use case which would require
this feature disabled.

With kind regards,
 M. Braun


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