Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 597598
RFE: add GVRP support for vlan devices
Last modified: 2014-03-16 23:23:46 EDT
Created attachment 417903 [details] proposed patch for GVRP support Description of problem: As in title really. Please see the attached patch. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): initscripts-9.14-1.fc14
What are the benefits of enabling or disabling this? Does having it on by default help/hurt?
GVRP is a protocol which allows switches to learn about vlan available over trunk ports. The vlans are created automatically and this allows to cut traffic on a trunk port to only that needed. "gvrp on" will allow linux kernel to announce vlan creation/removal to switch. I wouldn't put it on by default as: it requires switch with gvrp support; it requires switch to be configured properly. If it is not done then you pay for a feature which is useless for you in terms of kernel time needed to repeatedly send announcements and in traffic itself. See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GARP_VLAN_Registration_Protocol#Multiple_VLAN_Registration_Protocol_.28MVRP.29 http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk389/tk689/tk301/tsd_technology_support_sub-protocol_home.html http://www.google.pl/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=6&ved=0CDYQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hp.com%2Frnd%2Fsupport%2Fconfig_examples%2Fgvrp_use.pdf&ei=9-UFTL6RMMGMOOPDiPkK&usg=AFQjCNHCSLfsL2uJlOkAiXPI6dLImN4nlw
Sorry about the delay. Added in http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=initscripts.git;a=commitdiff;h=f662d4777625cd3bedea19cccabea7741a8b45c9. Given that none of the other networking keys accept mixed case, I simplified that bit.
initscripts-9.26-1.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/initscripts-9.26-1.fc15
initscripts-9.26-1.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.