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Re: Request a freeze exception for vlantag feature
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Andrey Borzenkov |
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Re: Request a freeze exception for vlantag feature |
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Mon, 23 Dec 2013 21:02:57 +0400 |
В Пн, 23/12/2013 в 11:34 -0500, Paulo Flabiano Smorigo/Brazil/IBM пишет:
> Hello everyone,
>
> With the consent of Vladimir Serbinenko, I committed three patches in
> the next branch. Those patches add support for virtual LAN (VLAN)
> tagging. VLAN tagging allows multiple VLANs in a bridged network to
> share the same physical network link but maintain isolation:
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.1Q
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> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=grub.git;a=commit;h=11454e94ea8e78317b9c9ab22855e26890880745
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=grub.git;a=commit;h=8ff3c31f6d59ca758b3bc0020e5140dcc937edd6
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=grub.git;a=commit;h=af768f8d4166aae41bbac8575fca7c65a319bfdb
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VLAN tag is 12 bits, with 4 remaining bits being packet priority. You
need to mask them off before comparing.
A couple of words in documentation would be nice (are those variables
for this platform documented at all?)
> I come here to ask for an freeze exception so it can be also in master
> and in 2.02 release.
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> Thanks in advance,
> --
> Paulo Flabiano Smorigo
> Software Engineer
> Linux Technology Center - IBM Systems & Technology Group
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