[Bridge] bridge_list orphans in linux-2.4

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:01:51 +0000
Alex Zeffertt <ajz at cambridgebroadband.com> wrote:

> Hi Majjari,
> 
> We've solved the problem now.  It turned out that the bridge_list in the
> kernel was not being corrupted.   The problem was actually that
> "brctl show" was only returning the last 32 bridges created.  We upped
> this to 2048, which required a brctl change and also a kernel module change.
> 
> The patch is attached.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Alex

Actually, I would prefer NOT to send this upstream for later 2.4 releases because
the 2.4 code is in long term stability mode, and support >32 bridges is an enhancement,
not a bug.