[Bridge] sparc64: add bridge failed: Operation not supported

Geert Stappers stappers at stappers.nl
Fri Sep 10 23:09:56 PDT 2004


On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 10:30:11PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote:
> Hello,
Here so more information,

> On a Sun Sparc Ultra5, where `uname -m` reports "sparc64",
> and the bridge kernel modules is loaded (`insmod bridge`),
the kernel is version 2.4.26

> reports on `brctl addbr br0` with
> add bridge failed: Operation not supported
> 
> That failure writes in /var/log/kern.log
> sys32_ioctl(brctl:572): Unknown cmd fd(3) cmd(000089a0) arg(effffcbd)
the 572 is the process id

> My questions are:
> 
> * Are there succesfull reported sparc64 systems doing bridging?
> * What should I do to get that sparc64 acting as a bridge?
A recompile with gcc-2.95 did not show improvement.

> Cheers
> Geert Stappers
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