Re: [net-next PATCH v3 1/7] hsr: enhance netlink socket interface to support PRP

2020-07-20 Thread Murali Karicheri
On 7/17/20 9:56 PM, David Miller wrote: From: Murali Karicheri Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 11:15:05 -0400 @@ -32,7 +33,9 @@ static int hsr_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack) { struct net_device *link[2]; -

Re: [net-next PATCH v3 1/7] hsr: enhance netlink socket interface to support PRP

2020-07-17 Thread David Miller
From: Murali Karicheri Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 11:15:05 -0400 > @@ -32,7 +33,9 @@ static int hsr_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct > net_device *dev, > struct netlink_ext_ack *extack) > { > struct net_device *link[2]; > - unsigned char multicast_spec, hsr_version

[net-next PATCH v3 1/7] hsr: enhance netlink socket interface to support PRP

2020-07-17 Thread Murali Karicheri
Parallel Redundancy Protocol (PRP) is another redundancy protocol introduced by IEC 63439 standard. It is similar to HSR in many aspects:- - Use a pair of Ethernet interfaces to created the PRP device - Use a 6 byte redundancy protocol part (RCT, Redundancy Check Trailer) similar to HSR Tag.