[Bridge] [announce] bridge-utils-0.9.7

Stephen Hemminger shemminger at osdl.org
Thu Apr 1 14:49:33 PST 2004


Updated the bridge-utils software to handle:
	* Greater than 32 bridges; now unlimited as far as the command 
	  is concerned.
	* Follow version convention: brctl -V 
	* More complete and robust error handling, checks for errors
	  when initializing and reading bridge information

Known pre-existing issues:
	* Mixed 64bit/32bit ioctl handling was incorrect and removed.
	  Will be replaced by correct code later.  I.e for now still
	  broken.
	* Still has limit of 256 ports per bridge until STP is updated.
	* Command reads in all the bridge information (even if it doesn't
	  need it).

Available at:
	http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/bridge/bridge-utils-0.9.7.tgz?download

There is no reason to update existing 2.4 systems, this is really intended
for 2.6 based distros.



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