From: Chris Healy <cphealy@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 21:37:47 -0700 > This changes the message_age_timer calculation to use the BPDU's max age as > opposed to the local bridge's max age. This is in accordance with section > 8.6.2.3.2 Step 2 of the 802.1D-1998 sprecification. > > With the current implementation, when running with very large bridge > diameters, convergance will not always occur even if a root bridge is > configured to have a longer max age. > > Tested successfully on bridge diameters of ~200. > > Signed-off-by: Chris Healy <cphealy@xxxxxxxxx> Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks!