[VLAN] vlan Q in Q - [WAS Re: Using a switch fabric to emulate multiple NICs]

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Peter Stuge wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 09:03:59AM -0700, Ben Greear wrote:
> 
>>I guess we could just let application writers know to pass a 
>>pre-constructed *ethernet* frame instead of a VLAN frame.  It is
>>likely that this is how folks use it anyway...
> 
> 
> How about the priority bits then?

You can do mapping against sk->priority and set the priority with
setsockopt in user space.

For detailed control, it may be good to have a 'do not re-encapsulate'
flag settable on a socket with setsockopt.  That way user-space could
specify 'raw' behaviour if desired, on a per socket basis.

Ben

> 
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> //Peter
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Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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