[Bridge] possible bridge regression in "bridge: implement [add/del]_slave ops"?
Stephen Hemminger
shemminger at linux-foundation.org
Thu Jun 30 10:03:22 PDT 2011
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.
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