Re: 802.1q Was (Re: Plans for 2.5 / 2.6 ???

[Michael Richardson <mcr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>> "jamal" == jamal  <hadi@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
    jamal> Your architecture of maintaining a device per VLAN does not scale;
    jamal> (as you might have heard from your numerous attempts to change device
    jamal> lookups). 
    jamal> What is the specific reason that you insist on mapping a VLAN to a 
device?

  It is a nice abtraction. It has known interfaces (ifconfig, netstat, route).

    jamal> Have you thought of using a VLAN lookup table instead? 

  I agree... But, what do the interfaces look like for this?
  
    jamal> cheers,
    jamal> jamal

    jamal> I am only asking because i think that sooner than later we need to 
have
    jamal> 802.1p/q in the kernel and your current scheme is problematic. 
    jamal> BTW, it seems there is another 802.1p/q project at sourceforge;