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[BRIDGE]: netlink interface for link management

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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>
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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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net/bridge/br_notify.c
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@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
*/
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
#include "br_private.h"
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ static int br_device_event(struct notifier_block *unused, unsigned long event, v
case NETDEV_CHANGEADDR:
br_fdb_changeaddr(p, dev->dev_addr);
br_ifinfo_notify(RTM_NEWLINK, p);
br_stp_recalculate_bridge_id(br);
break;