On 07/09/2022 21:32, Rich Brown wrote:
On Sep 6, 2022, at 5:33 PM, Florian Fainelli <[email protected]> wrote:
I don't see much content to document DSA. All DSA does is creating a network
interface for each switch port. What I think should be properly documented is
the Bridge VLAN filtering feature. I have made some efforts to do that on my
playground here:
https://openwrt.org/playground/arinc9/start
...
Maybe this is enough to reference since it contains basic use cases, and not so
basic ones, too:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/networking/dsa/configuration.rst
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I have the sense that the terminology surrounding DSA is very murky. But in the DSA
Mini-tutorial, (https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/dsa/dsa-mini-tutorial) I made a
distinction between "Devices" and "Interfaces in the Terminology section.
- Devices are things that 'send bits' without regard for IP address or subnets
- Interfaces correspond to IP subnet ranges, and the routing function within
the router moves packets between interfaces.
I wrote this mostly because the LuCI interface itself makes a distinction between the
"Devices" tab and the "Interfaces" tab. But maybe this isn't the best way to
describe what goes there.
I agree that there are inconsistencies in LuCI. The only place I see the
terminology correctly stated is on the wireless section:
Network: Lists all entries on the Interfaces section.
> Choose the network(s) you want to attach to this wireless interface
or > fill out the custom field to define a new network.
Which correctly states that:
Interfaces section should be called Networks.
Devices section should be called Interfaces.
Perhaps we could get the designer of the LuCI interface and other networking
gurus to weigh in on how to describe this. Thanks.
Rich
PS I don't have a dog in this fight. If the entire Mini-tutorial were scrapped,
and replaced with a description of what's true and correct, I would be happy.
Thanks again
Arınç
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