From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/11] Add basic VLAN support to bridges Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:47:19 -0800 Message-ID: <20121213094719.3a7a9408@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net> References: <1355342477-4971-1-git-send-email-vyasevic@redhat.com> <50C91506.70903@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Or Gerlitz , netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, mst@redhat.com, john.r.fastabend@intel.com To: vyasevic@redhat.com Return-path: Received: from mail.vyatta.com ([76.74.103.46]:59095 "EHLO mail.vyatta.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754438Ab2LMRse (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:48:34 -0500 In-Reply-To: <50C91506.70903@redhat.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:36:38 -0500 Vlad Yasevich wrote: > On 12/12/2012 05:54 PM, Or Gerlitz wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 10:01 PM, Vlad Yasevich wrote: > >> This series of patches provides an ability to add VLANs to the bridge > >> The bigger question is why is this impossible or too awkward with existing netfilter (ebtables) functionality? As a practical matter, I like to keep the bridging code as simple as possible and move the complexity away from the core. Also, if the functionality lived in netfilter rules, the developer and user would have a more freedom to implement complex rulesets.