[Bridge] [RFC 0/5] bridge - introduce via_phys_dev feature

[Daniel Robbins]

Note: I am not a bridge guru but I'm interested in understanding this
new functionality better. What is the larger benefit of this feature?
Does this make it possible to configure a bridge setup on a remote
system without losing connectivity? I can't do many kinds of network
changes remotely without risking losing connectivity (ie. changing IP
address, messing with routing, etc. -- it would be likely that you'd
lose network connectivity :) ) Therefore, I don't know if this is a
benefit unless it is needed for a particular application. Is this
useful for OpenVZ in some way?

Regards,

Daniel

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 5:46 AM, Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov at openvz.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> here is RFC for new via_phys_dev bridge feature.
> In short -- it allows to use some bridge port as
> bridge itself with already configured routing table.
>
> More details with example you may found in patches.
>
> Please review. Any (including _complains_) comments are
> highly appreciated!
>
> The series is on top of current -net-next-2.6
>
>        | commit ed9b58bc443a1210b5be1ded6421b17e015bf985
>        | Author Richard Genoud <richard.genoud at gmail.com>
>        | Date Sat May 9 06:59:16 2009 +0000
>
> Cyrill
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