Ethernet Bridge development
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
To: "Majjari Vikram(TLS-ESG), Bangalore" <Majjari.Vikram@hcl.in>
Cc: bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [Bridge] Static filtering entries in bridging -- linux 2.4.20 kernel
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:01:41 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <460C8BA5.5060407@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AFB2687AB4F98E419EDFA205E376D4132C7CFB@BLR-HCLT-EVS01.HCLT.CORP.HCL.IN>

Majjari Vikram(TLS-ESG), Bangalore wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
>             Iam working on bridging in linux 2.4.20 kernel. can any 
> one help me on these questions.
>
2.4 code is in stable (dormant) mode, major bug fixes only.

>  
>
>    1. how to make static filtering entries and
>

Bridging in linux does not have a way to add static entries. Why do you 
need them?
>
>   1.
>
>
>    2. how to make group MAC addresses (multicast addresses) in bridging.
>
You don't need to. All mulitcasts are forwarded automatically as per
802.1d spec.

>  
>
> Eagerly waiting for reply.
>


      reply	other threads:[~2007-03-30  4:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-03-29 12:03 [Bridge] Static filtering entries in bridging -- linux 2.4.20 kernel Majjari Vikram(TLS-ESG), Bangalore
2007-03-30  4:01 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=460C8BA5.5060407@osdl.org \
    --to=shemminger@osdl.org \
    --cc=Majjari.Vikram@hcl.in \
    --cc=bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox