tpmr(4) driver added to -current
by from OpenBSD Journal on (#4MGP8)
David Gwynne (dlg@) has committed to -current another new network driver -an 802.1Q Two-Port MAC Relay driver,tpmr(4).Themain commit messageexplains the raison d'itre:
CVSROOT:/cvsModule name:srcChanges by:dlg@cvs.openbsd.org2019/07/31 21:05:46Added files:sys/net : if_tpmr.c Log message:add tpmr(4), a quick and dirty 802.1Q Two-Port MAC Relay implementationa TPMR is a simplified bridge (as supported by bridge(4)). it onlysupports two ports, and unconditionally forwards frames betweenthem. this is unlike a real bridge which can support an arbitrarynumber of ports and implements a learning algorithm.