X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?p=people%2Fms%2Frstp.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=rstplib%2FREADME;fp=rstplib%2FREADME;h=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hp=abcdb9e1141e66cbbaf2ce2d64e4b0aaf8d7679f;hb=c79268ebf384770643eb3bb78975d7ea10a461a8;hpb=b600a2c3f85c73aafcabe690b3dc542ac637fa46 diff --git a/rstplib/README b/rstplib/README deleted file mode 100644 index abcdb9e..0000000 --- a/rstplib/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,37 +0,0 @@ - - -The Rapid Spanning Tree Library project contains a full implementation -of 802.1s as an library with API. There is two processes, using this -library: 'bridge' & 'mngr'. First simulates RSTP bridge behavior, second -is dedicated to link/unlink 'bridges' into virtual RSTP domain (VRSTPD). -Both 'bridge' & 'mngr' has its own simple CLI like language of commands; -these commands allow to manage the VRSTPD. There are tools to trace -state machine transitions and get traps about drastic changes. - -Purpose: studying, debugging, development. - -The library may be used in real bridges/routers while bounding to a real -system depending environment. - -To run: -1. In one shell run 'mngr' -./mngr -You will get prompt of 'mngr'; type '?' and get full help of -'mngr' commands. - -2. In another shell run bridge instance. -./bridge -You will get prompt of 'bridge'; type '?' and get full help -of bridge management commands. - -3. You may (and should) run a number of bridge instances, each in its -separate shell (this way you will be able manage them). - -For example, if there were two bridge instances, you may see examples -of the dialog in files mngr.txt, B5055.txt and B5056.txt. - -Note: prompt both of 'mngr' and of 'bridge' instance contains time stamp, -while all these process run onto the same computer, these time stamps -are synchronized. - -