[Xorp-users] VLAN Interfaces

[Ben Greear]

On 02/15/2011 11:56 AM, Ben Greear wrote:
> On 02/15/2011 11:57 AM, Joe Coco wrote:
>> Hi Ben,
>>
>>> I think I fixed one problem with the EEXIST already...are you using the latest xorp.ct git tree from github?
>>> This is something you'd need to clone with git, not just download a canned snapshot.
>>
>> I'm actually merging your changes with mine now, and I do see you made a fix for that.  Doh!
>>
>> I wasn't really sure how far you got fixing up the vlan code based on your comments last night, so I continued in the direction I was going in until this afternoon. I'm merging your changes now, especially now that I know a bit more about the code and what you changed.
>>
>> So in GIT, where are we with your changes functionality wise? Did you get it to the point where you can add and delete dev.vid vlan's and it set the appropriate IP address?
>
> Yes, but the interface will not be admin up, and all sorts of code will not
> actually function properly.
>
> I remain convinced that making the vlans a normal interface in the config file
> (and xorpsh), and adding some vlan-id and parent-dev fields so that we can
> create them properly is the way to actually get this working.
>
> This would still be a decent amount of work...

Just FYI, I was feeling motivated and started working on this.  I still
got a bit to go, but so far so good.  I hope to post some useful patches
within a few days.

Thanks,
Ben

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Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com