[Bridge] [PATCH] bridge: notify applications if address of bridge device changes

David Miller davem at davemloft.net
Sun Mar 27 18:34:13 PDT 2011


From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger at vyatta.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:24:01 -0700

> The mac address of the bridge device may be changed when a new interface
> is added to the bridge. If this happens, then the bridge needs to call
> the network notifiers to tickle any other systems that care. Since bridge
> can be a module, this also means exporting the notifier function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger at vyatta.com>

Applied, thanks Stephen.


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