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Date:      Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:13:09 +0300
From:      Yar Tikhiy <yar@comp.chem.msu.su>
To:        Bruce M Simpson <bms@incunabulum.net>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [PATCH] Updated 802.1p/q patch
Message-ID:  <20070215091309.GC20957@comp.chem.msu.su>
In-Reply-To: <45D38AC9.50107@incunabulum.net>
References:  <45D38AC9.50107@incunabulum.net>

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On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 10:18:49PM +0000, Bruce M Simpson wrote:
> 
> What has not been tested or considered is the situation where we have
> nested VLANs. At least one individual has asked about this feature. At
> the moment, I'd suggest that only Netgraph potentially deals with this
> rather than the main network stack.

Do you have any architectural reservations about nested VLANs in
the main network stack?  Presently, a one-line patch can allow a
vlan(4) to attach to another vlan(4), but I haven't heard about the
behaviour of the resulting setup yet.

Thanks!

-- 
Yar



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