On 11/22/2011 07:51 AM, Stefan Berger wrote:
On 11/21/2011 05:50 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 10/26/2011 09:12 AM, Stefan Berger wrote:
>> This patch adds support for filtering of STP (spanning tree protocol)
>> traffic
>> to the parser and makes us of the ebtables support for STP filtering.
>> This code
>> now enables the filtering of traffic in chains with prefix 'stp'.
>>
> I'm assuming this is an accurate layout mapping the on-the-wire struct
> to named fields for reference in XML attributes, although I didn't
> actually go hunt down an RFC to verify. Perhaps a comment pointing tot
> the STP RFC might prove handy.
>
I don't think it's an RFC, but an IEEE standard. I couldn't find a
better page than this one, though:
http://www.javvin.com/protocolSTP.html
Then how about this comment:
/* STP is documented by IEEE 802.1D; for a synopsis,
* see
http://www.javvin.com/protocolSTP.html */
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