Bug#1034506: Request to enable CONFIG_HSR as module

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

Hi Yoann,

On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 12:12:50PM +0200, Yoann Congal wrote:
> Source: linux
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: newcomer patch
> X-Debbugs-Cc: yoann.congal@smile.fr
> 
> Hi maintainers,
> 
> HSR (High-availability Seamless Redundancy) and PRP (Parallel Redundancy
> Protocol) are two network protocols used in environment where network
> node failure should not trigger a frame loss. Both provide seamless
> failover against this kind of failure.
> 
> Both of these are enabled in kernel by CONFIG_HSR which is currently
> disabled.
> 
> HSR and PRP are defined in IEC 62439-3:2016 and used in many industrial
> standards (in our case, IEC 61850 about connected systems in electrical
> substations)
> 
> This module is handled by iproute2 since 5.10 (available in bullseye).
> 
> I've already created a merge-request for this request : 
> https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/merge_requests/682
> 
> Thank you for considering this request.

Thanks for providing the merge request. Just for cross-reference and
transparency: This change cannot go anymore for bookworm, but we can
pick it up for trixie.

Regards,
Salvatore