Re: [PATCH] CDP handler for linux

Chris Crowther (chrisc@shad0w.org.uk)
Wed, 15 Aug 2001 17:14:21 +0100 (BST)


On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Lincoln Dale wrote:

> netlink so as to allow user-space to receive the whole packet and avoid any
> processing in the kernel.

Hmm, there's an idea.

> you may want to consider the same. at least for cisco products, there are
[...]
> most of those kinds of policies are probably outside the scope of what
> logic you would expect in the kernel.

I'm looking at doing something like you're doing, just need to
figure out which netlink family to use - ethertap seems overkill, is
adding a new family for CDP even more overkill?

> my $0.02 worth,

Oooh, £0.20 at least :)

> cheers,

Thanks for the ideas. Don't 'spose you know anything about CDP v2
that someone mentioned? :)

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