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Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 08:17:46 -0700
From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [Bridge] [RFA,
	PATCH] enable transition to sysfs-only bridge manipulation
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To: Bernhard Fischer <rep.dot.nop@gmail.com>
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On Fri, 2 May 2008 11:01:38 +0200
Bernhard Fischer <rep.dot.nop@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> It was rumored that the ioctl interface for bridges is deprecated.
> There is, however, one crucial gap when trying to implement brctl
> without using any ioctl: AFAICS it is impossible to create a bridge via
> sysfs.
> 
> The attached quick.. erm patch strives to fill this gap.
> Some further details are at the top of the patchlet which received only
> cursory testing, fwiw.
> 
> Thanks and cheers,
> Bernhard

Why bother. The old API has to live on because it part of the
kernel ABI.