On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 5:57 PM, Simon Horman
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 12:30:37AM +1100, Ben Kelly wrote:
>> Port protected mode is available in some switching ASICs (b53 etc) and
>> Cisco also implements this feature. 
>> (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst3850/software/release/3.2_0_se/multibook/configuration_guide/b_consolidated_config_guide_3850_chapter_011101.html)
>>
>> Protected ports will not forward traffic to other protected ports.
>> Protected ports will forward traffic to unprotected ports, and
>> unprotected ports can forward traffic to any port.
>>
>> This feature can be useful for:
>>  * Implementing basic flood protection when STP is not available or
>>    desired.
>>  * Aggregator port. All ports except one port are set as protected
>>    ports. Traffic arriving on the protected ports will only be
>>    forwarded to the aggregator port.
>>
>> Ben Kelly (3):
>>   ovsschema: Add protected column to Port table
>>   ofproto: Add protected property to bundle
>>   ofproto: Drop flows between protected ports
>
> Hi Ben,
>
> this feature seems clean to me and I think it would be good
> (for me?) to merge it unless there are objections.
>
> The only thing I can see outstanding at this point is an update to
> the NEWS file.

Thanks Simon. I've submitted a v2 of 3/3 with the changes to NEWS included.

Thanks for reviewing!

Cheers
Ben
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