David Edmondson wrote:
> So, what to do next? Here are some options that occurred to me:
>
> * Produce an updated version of the code in its' current form
> (i.e. standalone build, no DLPI changes),
(And do so in the form of an hg repository instead of a tar file.)
I'm willing to do this, especially if Dong-Hai will toss his updates
over the wall for me to integrate. I do prefer keeping it in a
standalone form, and that way I'll test it (at least to the level of
building, loading, and configuring the driver) on Solaris 10 and a few
Nevada builds.
What I can't offer to do right now is to do any real STP testing on a
non-trivial (multiple bridges) network, nor to maintain a current onnv
workspace and build machine.
James Carlson wrote:
> Also, one of the leaders (Mike Ditto) is gone and the project state is
> unclear.
I'm gone in some sense, but not every sense. At the very least, I still
clear out the spam from the mailing list. :-)
> In order to determine which of these is the right direction, I think
> it'd be helpful to have a design document for the existing bridging
> code. Does that exist? Other than a README and a few discussions, I
> don't see one.
The README is the design document. :-) I'm willing to put it in a more
formal format or fill in more meat, especially if you point out any
details you think are missing. (I expect at least a description of
packet flow through the different files/functions would be valuable.)
> If we don't have that, it'd be good to have access to the source. I
> assume that the 19-month-old ethbridge-0.9.tar.gz isn't the latest
> stuff ... does anyone know what is? (Should I contact Dong-Hai or
> someone else?)
Dong-Hai had a version that included the rest of the NetBSD STP code and
had been merged into an ON tree, but hadn't been tested much. This code
never made it into the "project" per se but I hope it's still around.
> It's hard to keep up without a program, but looks like neither Yukun
> Zhang nor Mike Ditto is with Sun or active anymore on opensolaris.org.
> If that's true, that leaves the ethbridge project itself without
> leaders and without a rudder.
I'm still a rudder or a keel or something, if someone else does some
rowing. I didn't know Yukun wasn't with Sun anymore. Anyone with
inclination, please volunteer to fill in his place as a project leader.
-=] Mike [=-
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