[systemd-devel] [PATCH 2/2] networkd: integrate LLDP

[Mantas Mikulėnas]

On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Tomasz Torcz <tomek at pipebreaker.pl> wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 10:15:10AM +0530, Susant Sahani wrote:
> > This patch integrates LLDP with networkd.
>
>   In Fedora, we already have LLDP receiver/broadcaster – ladvd.
> It has this neat feature of abusing ifAlias by putting endpoint
> name there.  This gives port information right at "ip l" output:
>
> 3: enp5s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state
> UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
>     link/ether 10:78:d2:cc:7e:b0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
>     alias connected to Core2-3b-24p (Fa0/7)
>
>   Would it be possible to implement this in networkd?
>

lldpd has the same feature... In fact, I'm curious what advantages will
networkd's implementation have over the existing lldpd and ladvd?

-- 
Mantas Mikulėnas <grawity at gmail.com>
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