I'm writing a driver for a family of 24 port gigabit switches, with a wide array of interesting hardware features. Creating basic VLAN membership and tagging functionality under the swconfig framework has been quite easy, and this framework has been excellent for this.
However, I would like to support a lot more of the functionality of this hardware, and see other devices with advanced layer2 and layer3 switching supported in the future, so I wanted some opinion on the direction things are taking. Specifically I am looking for opinion on whether the swconfig framework is suitable for more advanced functionality, or whether there was likely to be a move to any other upstream framework for switch devices, particularly those with more advanced functionality. The types of functionality I am currently interested in supporting are: * VLAN membership an tagging * Packet and byte counters * Security settings and filtering rules * STP * Layer 3 functionality (hardware IPv4 and IPv6 routing tables) * Hardware NAT / firewall Some of this functionality may simply require configuration, where other functions require the active involvement of the CPU. Thanks, Charlie Charlie Smurthwaite aTech Media tel. 01202 901 222 (ext. 603) email. char...@atechmedia.com<mailto:char...@atechmedia.com> web. atechmedia.com<http://atechmedia.com> aTech Media Limited is a registered company in England and Wales. Registration Number 5523199. Registered Office: Unit 9 Winchester Place, North Street, Poole, Dorset, BH15 1NX. VAT Registration Number: GB 868 861 560. This e-mail is confidential and for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this e-mail in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender. _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel