[BRIDGE]: netlink interface for link management

Add basic netlink support to the Ethernet bridge. Including:
 * dump interfaces in bridges
 * monitor link status changes
 * change state of bridge port

For some demo programs see:
	http://developer.osdl.org/shemminger/prototypes/brnl.tar.gz

These are to allow building a daemon that does alternative
implementations of Spanning Tree Protocol.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
This commit is contained in:
Stephen Hemminger
2006-05-25 16:00:12 -07:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent c090971326
commit 11dc1f36a6
6 changed files with 214 additions and 2 deletions

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@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ static int __init br_init(void)
if (err)
goto err_out2;
br_netlink_init();
brioctl_set(br_ioctl_deviceless_stub);
br_handle_frame_hook = br_handle_frame;
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ static void __exit br_deinit(void)
{
rcu_assign_pointer(br_stp_sap->rcv_func, NULL);
br_netlink_fini();
br_netfilter_fini();
unregister_netdevice_notifier(&br_device_notifier);
brioctl_set(NULL);