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From: Mark on 15 Feb 2010 19:33 Hello as a personal academic project I'd like to implement IGMP snooping for a 24-port Layer2 switch (it already has Linux 2.4 ported). I have read RFC1112, 2236 and 4541. I generally understand the way IGMP works and what the snooping exactly does. Right now I'm not very much concerned about the performance, I want to make it just work :) optimizations etc. will come later. Now I'm considering what data structures to use and how to link them together. Obviously I need linked lists, and I will store IGMP groups in there (what information except group IP should be saved there?), perhaps another linked list for hosts, i.e. members of groups. If so, then I'll need to have links from 'host' linked list to 'group' linked list. This is only a draft, so I'd be happy to hear some advices and recommendations regarding structures and overall design tips. -- Mark |