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Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:31:30 -0800
From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
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Subject: Re: [Bridge] bridge_list orphans in linux-2.4
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To: Alex Zeffertt <ajz@cambridgebroadband.com>
Cc: "Majjari Vikram(TLS-ESG), Bangalore" <Majjari.Vikram@hcl.in>, bridge@lists.osdl.org

On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:01:51 +0000
Alex Zeffertt <ajz@cambridgebroadband.com> wrote:

> Hi Majjari,
> 
> We've solved the problem now.  It turned out that the bridge_list in the
> kernel was not being corrupted.   The problem was actually that
> "brctl show" was only returning the last 32 bridges created.  We upped
> this to 2048, which required a brctl change and also a kernel module change.
> 
> The patch is attached.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Alex

Actually, I would prefer NOT to send this upstream for later 2.4 releases because
the 2.4 code is in long term stability mode, and support >32 bridges is an enhancement,
not a bug.