At 01:15 15/09/2006, Stephen Hemminger wrote: >On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:51:50 +0100 >Tony Jeffree <tony at jeffree.co.uk> wrote: > > > Steve/Brian - > > > > You've probably seen Mick Seaman's comments on this by now - as he points > > out in his email, tinkering with existing STP implementations is not > likely > > to be a rewarding exercise and I would encourage you not to go there. > > > > I would suggest that it would be a much more valuable exercise for the > > Linux community to replace the existing STP support with an implementation > > of RSTP. > > > > Regards, > > Tony > >Work is already in progress to do RSTP (by several different people), >but the effort is going slowly. Steve - In that case, I would strongly suggest that you channel any additional available effort in that direction, rather than in the direction of tinkering with STP. Regards, Tony
