From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Message-ID: <5374BAE1.1050607@lab.ntt.co.jp> Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 22:02:25 +0900 From: Toshiaki Makita MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1400080168-16625-1-git-send-email-vyasevic@redhat.com> <5374B934.1060902@lab.ntt.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <5374B934.1060902@lab.ntt.co.jp> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-2022-JP Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Bridge] [PATCH net-next 0/8] Non-promisc bidge ports support List-Id: Linux Ethernet Bridging List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Vlad Yasevich , netdev@vger.kernel.org Cc: john.r.fastabend@intel.com, shemminger@vyatta.com, bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org, jhs@mojatatu.com, mst@redhat.com (2014/05/15 21:55), Toshiaki Makita wrote: > (2014/05/15 0:09), Vlad Yasevich wrote: >> This series adds functionality to the bridge device to enable >> operations without setting all ports to promiscuous mode. >> >> The basic concept is this. The bridge keeps track of the ports >> that support learning and flooding packets to unknown destinations. >> We call these ports auto-discovery ports since they automatically >> discover who is behind them through learning and flooding. >> >> If flooding and learning are disabled via flags, then the port >> requires static configuration to tell it which mac addresses >> are behind it. This is accomplished through adding of fdbs. >> These fdbs should be static as dynamic fdbs can expire and systems >> will become unreachable due to lack of flooding. > > Hi Vlad, > > This is not a comment for this patch set, but I have a question. > > I'm trying to use bridge command to turn off flood/learning but couldn't > find the corresponding command. > I'm expecting something like "bridge link set br0 flood/learning". > > Are there any other userspace commands that can set flood/learning flag? > I've just found them in sysfs. Sorry for noise, thanks. Toshiaki Makita. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Toshiaki Makita Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] Non-promisc bidge ports support Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 22:02:25 +0900 Message-ID: <5374BAE1.1050607@lab.ntt.co.jp> References: <1400080168-16625-1-git-send-email-vyasevic@redhat.com> <5374B934.1060902@lab.ntt.co.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-2022-JP Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: john.r.fastabend@intel.com, shemminger@vyatta.com, bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org, jhs@mojatatu.com, mst@redhat.com To: Vlad Yasevich , netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: In-Reply-To: <5374B934.1060902@lab.ntt.co.jp> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: bridge-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org Errors-To: bridge-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org (2014/05/15 21:55), Toshiaki Makita wrote: > (2014/05/15 0:09), Vlad Yasevich wrote: >> This series adds functionality to the bridge device to enable >> operations without setting all ports to promiscuous mode. >> >> The basic concept is this. The bridge keeps track of the ports >> that support learning and flooding packets to unknown destinations. >> We call these ports auto-discovery ports since they automatically >> discover who is behind them through learning and flooding. >> >> If flooding and learning are disabled via flags, then the port >> requires static configuration to tell it which mac addresses >> are behind it. This is accomplished through adding of fdbs. >> These fdbs should be static as dynamic fdbs can expire and systems >> will become unreachable due to lack of flooding. > > Hi Vlad, > > This is not a comment for this patch set, but I have a question. > > I'm trying to use bridge command to turn off flood/learning but couldn't > find the corresponding command. > I'm expecting something like "bridge link set br0 flood/learning". > > Are there any other userspace commands that can set flood/learning flag? > I've just found them in sysfs. Sorry for noise, thanks. Toshiaki Makita.