xen discuss - Jun 2007 - Proposed project: R-Bridges

Per the current project creation policy[1], I''m requesting endorsement
from the Networking and Xen Communities for the following proposed
project.

Project Name: R-Bridges

Project Synopsys:

  Deliver R-Bridge (IETF TRILL) support on Solaris.

Project Purpose (and commentary):

  This project will introduce R-Bridge support to Solaris, based on
  the original work by Radia Perlman, and the work now being done in
  the IETF TRILL working group.  The goal is an IS-IS based
  replacement for Spanning Tree in bridged networks, along with
  Solaris support for the required bits of infrastructure to make this
  useful.

  Key components include at least IS-IS routing (RFC 1142 / ISO DP
  10589), Ethernet bridging, and TRILL header processing
  (draft-ietf-trill-rbridge-protocol), and may include various
  learning mechanisms (IGMP/PIM) and R-Bridge specific optimizations
  (ARP/ND).  Related projects include Quagga, Ethernet bridge module,
  Crossbow, and Nemo.  If a Solaris wireless AP ever exists, that
  would likely be involved as well.

  (Some necessary background: no real work has been done yet.  This is
  still just a very early stage proposal.  We''ve noted that Quagga has
  an ''isisd'', but of unknown maturity, and not usable yet on
Solaris.
  Similarly, there''s a bridging project, but that hasn''t
progressed
  much and the lead seems to be gone.  Some of the important early
  decisions to make include settling on a code base to use for each
  feature and making those components usable.)

  (TRILL itself could probably use any IGP, but it specifies IS-IS
  because it gets closer than the others to an ideal of zero
  configuration -- in particular, it skips over the interface
  addressing problem that OSPF has.  We likely will need STP support
  as well, but other components are less clear, and the IETF TRILL
  work itself is evolving right now.)

  (Two of the attractive things for this project are getting started
  early in the protocol design process -- instead of playing catch-up
  -- and the potential for multiple immediately reusable
  subcomponents, regardless of the actual deployment of R-Bridges.)

Proposed Sponsors: Networking and Xen

Participants:

  Initial set of proposed project leads:

	James Carlson <james.d.carlson-xsfywfwIY+M@public.gmane.org> [point of
contact]
	Radia Perlman <radia.perlman-xsfywfwIY+M@public.gmane.org>
	Paul Jakma <paul.jakma-xsfywfwIY+M@public.gmane.org>

  Other interested participants: please speak up, or join the project
  list once we have it running.  Contributions are obviously quite
  welcome; there''s a lot of work to be done here.

[1] http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/ogb-discuss/2007-May/000437.html

-- 
James Carlson, Solaris Networking             
<james.d.carlson-xsfywfwIY+M@public.gmane.org>
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On 12 Jun 2007, at 7:32pm, James Carlson wrote:
> Per the current project creation policy[1], I''m requesting
endorsement
> from the Networking and Xen Communities for the following proposed
> project.
I''m in favour.

dme.
-- 
David Edmondson, Solaris Engineering, http://dme.org

On (06/13/07 06:31), David Edmondson wrote:
> 
> On 12 Jun 2007, at 7:32pm, James Carlson wrote:
> >Per the current project creation policy[1], I''m requesting
endorsement
> >from the Networking and Xen Communities for the following proposed
> >project.
> 
> I''m in favour.
> 
> dme.
+1

--Sowmini

David Edmondson wrote:
>
> On 12 Jun 2007, at 7:32pm, James Carlson wrote:
>
>> Per the current project creation policy[1], I''m requesting
endorsement
>> from the Networking and Xen Communities for the following proposed
>> project.
>
>
> I''m in favour.

+1 from me too.

Darren

Darren.Reed-xsfywfwIY+M@public.gmane.org wrote:
>>> Per the current project creation policy[1], I''m requesting
endorsement
>>> from the Networking and Xen Communities for the following proposed
>>> project.
>>
>>
>>
>> I''m in favour.
>
>
>
> +1 from me too.
>
+1

Thirumalai

David Edmondson wrote:
> 
> On 12 Jun 2007, at 7:32pm, James Carlson wrote:
>> Per the current project creation policy[1], I''m requesting
endorsement
>> from the Networking and Xen Communities for the following proposed
>> project.
> 
> I''m in favour.
+1

    Erik

Erik Nordmark wrote:
> David Edmondson wrote:
>
>>
>> On 12 Jun 2007, at 7:32pm, James Carlson wrote:
>>
>>> Per the current project creation policy[1], I''m requesting
endorsement
>>> from the Networking and Xen Communities for the following proposed
>>> project.
>>
>>
>> I''m in favour.
>
>
> +1
+1

    Kais.
>
>     Erik
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