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   From: mark_cruzNOTFORSPAM@hotmail.com   
      
   David Schwartz wrote:   
   > The difference is that the switch chip vendors STP build normally   
   > interacts with the specifics of their switch chip.   
   In other words, adjusting/modifying Linux's STP to a chip's specifics would   
   be a substantial amount of work to do and likely less effective, then   
   implementing from scratch.   
      
   > There should be, in   
   > practice, no difference between using the vendors sources and using   
   > the Linux implementation if the Linux driver supports that switch chip   
   > fully.   
   I think so, as long as both implementations are 802.1d compliant.   
      
   > Typically, the Linux STP implementation is used together with software   
   > forwarding. Software forwarding doesn't yet scale to 48 GE ports and 2   
   > 10GE ports. However, there's no reason Linux's STP implementation   
   > can't be used to configure a switch chip that does hardware   
   > forwarding.   
      
   Thanks, it basically answers my question.   
      
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