[Bridge] possible bridge regression in "bridge: implement [add/del]_slave ops"?

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:27:19 +0200
Alexander Stein <alexander.stein at systec-electronic.com> wrote:

> On Thursday 30 June 2011 10:33:23 Alexander Stein wrote:
> > BTW: I noticed that in 2.6.39.2 independently from this patch revert this
> > bridge didn't show up RUNNING ifconfg. Is this intended? Another bridge I
> > have, which doesn't use (R)STP, is shown as RUNNING like before.
> 
> This change was caused by commit 1faa4356a3bd89ea11fb92752d897cff3a20ec0e 
> "bridge: control carrier based on ports online". It prevents the bridge from 
> actually receiving/sending packets. Reverting restores the old behavior.

It is really a bug in RSTP, I will fix it there.