From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <4872819E.3040604@trash.net> Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:50:38 +0200 From: Patrick McHardy MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Bridge] [RFC PATCH 0/2] Allow full bridge configuration via sysfs List-Id: Linux Ethernet Bridging List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Bill Nottingham Cc: Linux Netdev List , bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Bill Nottingham wrote: > Right now, you can configure most bridge device parameters via sysfs. > However, you cannot either: > - add or remove bridge interfaces > - add or remove physical interfaces from a bridge > > The attached patch set rectifies this. With this patch set, brctl > (theoretically) becomes completely optional, much like ifenslave is > now for bonding. (In fact, the idea for this patch, and the syntax > used herein, is inspired by the sysfs bonding configuration.) Both should use netlink instead of extending their sysfs interfaces. For bridging I have a patch for the bridge device itself, the API is so far missing support for adding ports though.