[Bridge] [PATCH 01/31] bridge: Auto-load bridge module when socket opened.
Stephen Hemminger
shemminger at linux-foundation.org
Tue Mar 10 10:26:48 PDT 2009
On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 16:40:10 +0000
Scott James Remnant <scott at canonical.com> wrote:
> The bridge module is missing the net-pf-7 alias that would cause it to
> be auto-loaded when a socket of that type is opened. This patch adds
> the alias.
>
> Signed-off-by: Scott James Remnant <scott at canonical.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner at canonical.com>
> ---
> net/bridge/br.c | 2 ++
> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/bridge/br.c b/net/bridge/br.c
> index 4d2c1f1..229daee 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/br.c
> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
> #include <linux/netdevice.h>
> #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
> #include <linux/init.h>
> +#include <linux/net.h>
> #include <linux/llc.h>
> #include <net/llc.h>
> #include <net/stp.h>
> @@ -108,3 +109,4 @@ module_init(br_init)
> module_exit(br_deinit)
> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> MODULE_VERSION(BR_VERSION);
> +MODULE_ALIAS_NETPROTO(PF_BRIDGE);
Hmm. It looks okay, but there is not real direct socket interface
for PF_BRIDGE/AF_BRIDGE.
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