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net/bridge: Add 'hairpin' port forwarding mode

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This patch adds a 'hairpin' (also called 'reflective relay') mode
port configuration to the Linux Ethernet bridge kernel module.
A bridge supporting hairpin forwarding mode can send frames back
out through the port the frame was received on.

Hairpin mode is required to support basic VEPA (Virtual
Ethernet Port Aggregator) capabilities.

You can find additional information on VEPA here:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/evb/
http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2009/new-hudson-vepa_seminar-20090514d.pdf
http://www.internet2.edu/presentations/jt2009jul/20090719-congdon.pdf

An additional patch 'bridge-utils: Add 'hairpin' port forwarding mode'
is provided to allow configuring hairpin mode from userspace tools.

Signed-off-by: Paul Congdon <paul.congdon@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Anna Fischer <anna.fischer@hp.com>
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Fischer, Anna
2009-08-13 06:55:16 +00:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent 8dd07086a1
commit 3982d3d28b
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@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ static struct net_bridge_port *new_nbp(struct net_bridge *br,
p->path_cost = port_cost(dev);
p->priority = 0x8000 >> BR_PORT_BITS;
p->port_no = index;
p->flags = 0;
br_init_port(p);
p->state = BR_STATE_DISABLED;
br_stp_port_timer_init(p);