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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: shemminger@vyatta.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] bridge: leave carrier on for empty bridge
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:28:14 -0400 (EDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111006.152814.1080448946858474074.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111004041509.191082289@vyatta.com>

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:14:45 -0700

> This resolves a regression seen by some users of bridging.
> Some users use the bridge like a dummy device. 
> They expect to be able to put an IPv6 address on the device
> with no ports attached. Although there are better ways of doing
> this, there is no reason to not allow it.
> 
> Note: the bridge still will reflect the state of ports in the
> bridge if there are any added.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>

Applied to 'net' and queued up for -stable.

  reply	other threads:[~2011-10-06 19:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20111004041444.793960297@vyatta.com>
2011-10-04  4:14 ` [PATCH 1/2] bridge: leave carrier on for empty bridge Stephen Hemminger
2011-10-06 19:28   ` David Miller [this message]
2011-10-04  4:14 ` [PATCH 2/2] bridge: allow forwarding some link local frames Stephen Hemminger
2011-10-04 19:11   ` Benjamin Poirier
2011-10-05 19:40   ` Ben Hutchings
2011-10-05 20:50     ` Stephen Hemminger
2011-10-06 19:28   ` David Miller
2011-10-17 14:35   ` Ed Swierk
2011-10-17 15:18     ` Stephen Hemminger
2011-10-17 20:53     ` Ross Brattain
2011-10-17 21:09       ` Ed Swierk
2011-10-17 23:07         ` Ross Brattain
2011-10-17 23:36           ` Ed Swierk
2011-10-18  0:00             ` John Fastabend
     [not found] <20110902172220.830228928@vyatta.com>
2011-09-02 17:22 ` [PATCH 1/2] bridge: leave carrier on for empty bridge Stephen Hemminger
2011-09-02 21:39   ` Nicolas de Pesloüan
2011-09-02 22:11     ` Stephen Hemminger
2011-09-03  2:15       ` Ang Way Chuang
2011-09-03  6:30         ` Stephen Hemminger
2011-09-25  8:55         ` Marc Haber
2011-09-03 18:32       ` Nicolas de Pesloüan
2011-09-04  4:14         ` Stephen Hemminger
2011-09-04  7:35           ` Nicolas de Pesloüan
2011-09-04 16:36             ` Stephen Hemminger
2011-09-04 17:12               ` Krzysztof Olędzki
2011-09-05  4:51                 ` Ang Way Chuang
2011-09-05 17:18               ` Nicolas de Pesloüan
2011-09-05 17:57                 ` Stephen Hemminger
2011-09-05 19:02                   ` Ang Way Chuang
2011-09-05 22:45                     ` Stephen Hemminger
2011-09-06  6:52                   ` Nicolas de Pesloüan
2011-09-25  9:16                     ` Marc Haber
2011-09-25 20:10                       ` Nicolas de Pesloüan
2011-09-25  9:05             ` Marc Haber

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