From radu.rendec at mindbit.ro  Mon Mar  3 11:33:03 2014
From: radu.rendec at mindbit.ro (Radu Rendec)
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 11:33:03 +0200
Subject: [LiSA-Devel] Lisa for Kernel 3.x ?
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Hi,

No, not really. I know that before Christmas I told you I would look
over this issue during the Holidays. However, my schedule turned out to
be more demanding than I had expected - plus some personal problems that
also interfered.

Anyway, the linux kernel already has the "traditional" bridge module
(which has been there since very long ago) and the open vswitch module
(this has been accepted upstream recently). On the other hand, the lisa
module is old and unmaintained, and not accepted upstream even as a
staging module. Given that and the general lack of interest in the
project, at this point I believe it would be just a waste of time to
keep working on porting the module.

Last year's development wave moved the project towards a more generic
switching framework in userspace, which is able to support various
switching engines in kernel. The cli (which is cisco-like) is a major
component of whatever is left of the project. Changing it to support
juniper-like commands means rewriting most of the code.

In other words, I believe building a juniper-like cli around some of the
existing kernel switching modules is a distinct project that can (re)use
very little of what we have in lisa right now.

Best regards,

Radu Rendec

On Sun, 2014-03-02 at 09:04 +0000, Sebastien Cramatte wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Any chance to have a Lisa running  over 3.2 and/or 3.12 kernel soon ? 
> 
> Best regards
> 
> 
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> ________________________________________
> De: Radu Rendec [radu.rendec at mindbit.ro]
> Enviado: domingo, 08 de diciembre de 2013 17:28
> Para: LiSA Project Developers List
> CC: Sebastien Cramatte
> Asunto: Re: [LiSA-Devel] Lisa for Kernel 3.x ?
> 
> On Sat, 2013-12-07 at 12:25 +0000, Sebastien Cramatte wrote:
> > Last year, I?ve send a message to this list to know If  you have any plan to get Lisa working on kernel 3.x
> > Until now, I?ve got time to follow the thread  (unfortunately)
> >
> > I?ve just join now  the project http://www.vyos.net   It?s a fork of Vyatta (a router running of Debian)  with the main goal to include exiting features  and fix old annoying bugs.
> > I believe  that it could  be very nice to have Lisa running on this platform too.
> >
> > I know kernel guys tell that Lisa do the something as  briding module  but in my opinion they are 2 differents things
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I started porting the lisa kernel module to kernel 3.x a couple of weeks
> ago, and then I've been too busy with my job to complete what I started.
> 
> Hopefully I'll find some time during the winter vacation to complete it.
> I'll post a message to the list when I'm done. If you want, I can copy
> your address as well.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Radu
> 
>