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From: Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@systec-electronic.com>
Subject: Re: possible bridge regression in "bridge: implement [add/del]_slave ops"?
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:27:19 +0200
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On Thursday 30 June 2011 10:33:23 Alexander Stein wrote:
> BTW: I noticed that in 2.6.39.2 independently from this patch revert this
> bridge didn't show up RUNNING ifconfg. Is this intended? Another bridge I
> have, which doesn't use (R)STP, is shown as RUNNING like before.

This change was caused by commit 1faa4356a3bd89ea11fb92752d897cff3a20ec0e 
"bridge: control carrier based on ports online". It prevents the bridge from 
actually receiving/sending packets. Reverting restores the old behavior.