Subject: Re: status vlans on bge(4)?
To: None <tech-net@NetBSD.org>
From: Christoph Kaegi <kgc@zhwin.ch>
List: tech-net
Date: 05/14/2004 14:19:00
On 13.05-13:36, der Mouse wrote:
> >> The bge(4) manpage says, vlans are not supported on bge(4)
> >> interfaces.
> 
> >> From what I tried, I'd say: it basically works.  I have connected a
> >> cisco 802.1q trunk port to my notebook and sucessfully created
> >> several vlan interfaces to my physical bge interface.
> 
> Yes, but you had problems that look like exactly what I'd expect.
> 
> Vlan support depends on the ethernet handling slightly oversize
> packets; the only plausible reason why an Ethernet interface wouldn't
> be able to handle vlans is that it can't do oversize packets.
> (Everything else about vlans is a host software issue.)  I note your
> test fails on exactly when packets start being full-size, ie, when the
> vlan-encapsulated packet is oversize.
> 

You mean, the manpage is right? Vlans are not supported on bge
interfaces in netbsd-1.6 ?

Chris

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Christoph Kaegi                                           kgc@zhwin.ch
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