[uml-devel] Re: Virtual switch with 802.1q tagging support

[Patrick \Petschge\ K. <pet...@we...>]

Hi,

Pavel Pergamenshchik wrote:
> Jeff Dike told me that there are some people interested in having a
> virtual switch with vlan support and more flexible configuration. I
> rewrote uml_switch in Python.
Cool, where can I get it? Is it GPL'ed?

> It now supports switching several segments in one process, with any number
> of tap devices and control sockets in each segment.
What does that control socket do?

> I would like some suggestions on how the configuration should look like.
> Telnet server?
With a interface similar to Ciscos IOS? What be fun to play with it but is 
probably overkill.

> A configuration file in Python?
Sounds good and should be easy to implement.

> Commandline options only?
No. But it should be possible to overrule settings from the configuration 
file by commandline options.

> Does anybody still need vlan support?
I don't _need_ it, but i would be fun to play with it.

I think you should give a option to make it impossible for the uml guest to 
influence the configuration of the switch. I don't want a "untrusted" guest 
to mess with the switch from the uml side.


Everything expressed in thsi post is MHO only. ;-)

mfg,
Patrick "Petschge" Kilian

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