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authorStephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>2006-05-25 16:00:12 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2006-06-17 21:26:14 -0700
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parentc090971326db094ed702c1f8f2dbe04b7e3b8f27 (diff)
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[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>
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_notify.c b/net/bridge/br_notify.c
index a43a9c1..2027849 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_notify.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_notify.c
@@ -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;
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