Bridge extensions to iproute2

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Bridge extensions to iproute2

From: Maciej Żenczykowski <hidden>
Date: 2012-07-10 21:38:25

I can't quite seem to locate the bridge extensions to iproute2.

Mentioned for example at:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commit;h=b078f0df676233fc7ebc1ab270bd11ef5824bb64

I'm interested in finding a way to disable the stp and learning on a
bridge and manually from userspace configuring the mac forwarding
database.
[for basically a userspace STP implementation, which wouldn't actually
be a tree]

Can this be done?

Thanks,

- Maciej

Re: Bridge extensions to iproute2

From: Stephen Hemminger <hidden>
Date: 2012-07-10 21:58:37

On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:38:25 -0700
Maciej Żenczykowski [off-list ref] wrote:
I can't quite seem to locate the bridge extensions to iproute2.

Mentioned for example at:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commit;h=b078f0df676233fc7ebc1ab270bd11ef5824bb64

I'm interested in finding a way to disable the stp and learning on a
bridge and manually from userspace configuring the mac forwarding
database.
[for basically a userspace STP implementation, which wouldn't actually
be a tree]

Can this be done?

Thanks,

- Maciej
I will get back to these. There wasn't a motivation to go fast because
there wasn't a user of these. Now with fdb offload support they are needed.

Re: Bridge extensions to iproute2

From: Maciej Żenczykowski <hidden>
Date: 2012-07-10 22:01:27

I will get back to these. There wasn't a motivation to go fast because
there wasn't a user of these. Now with fdb offload support they are needed.
Do you have some semi-ready patches that could be used for test purposes?

While it looks like the forwarding database capability is there in the kernel,
I can't currently find an interface to turn learning off.

Re: Bridge extensions to iproute2

From: Stephen Hemminger <hidden>
Date: 2012-07-10 22:06:59

On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:01:26 -0700
Maciej Żenczykowski [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
I will get back to these. There wasn't a motivation to go fast because
there wasn't a user of these. Now with fdb offload support they are needed.
Do you have some semi-ready patches that could be used for test purposes?

While it looks like the forwarding database capability is there in the kernel,
I can't currently find an interface to turn learning off.
I'll put something in today.

Re: Bridge extensions to iproute2

From: Stephen Hemminger <hidden>
Date: 2012-08-02 00:07:16

On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:01:26 -0700
Maciej Żenczykowski [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
I will get back to these. There wasn't a motivation to go fast because
there wasn't a user of these. Now with fdb offload support they are needed.
Do you have some semi-ready patches that could be used for test purposes?

While it looks like the forwarding database capability is there in the kernel,
I can't currently find an interface to turn learning off.
I cleaned it up an put in 3.5.0 just released version.

Re: Bridge extensions to iproute2

From: Maciej Żenczykowski <hidden>
Date: 2012-08-05 01:49:46

Thanks.  Would it make sense to merge bridge-utils / brctl into iproute2?

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Stephen Hemminger [off-list ref] wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:01:26 -0700
Maciej Żenczykowski [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
quoted
I will get back to these. There wasn't a motivation to go fast because
there wasn't a user of these. Now with fdb offload support they are needed.
Do you have some semi-ready patches that could be used for test purposes?

While it looks like the forwarding database capability is there in the kernel,
I can't currently find an interface to turn learning off.
I cleaned it up an put in 3.5.0 just released version.
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