netdev - Re: bridge: accept bridge own MAC address as local

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Date:	Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:36:54 +0200
From:	Ulrich Weber <ulrich.weber@...hos.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
CC:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: bridge: accept bridge own MAC address as local

On 08/12/2011 06:19 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> A cleaner way to do this would be better to put a local entry
> in the forwarding database when mac address is manually set.
> Then there would not be special case code.

I agree, would be nicer to have it in the forwarding db.

However to which bridge port should i attach this entry?
Seems to be wrong for me to have it attached to a not
related port...

The intention of this patch is to set the bridge MAC to any
address, not related to an bridge port interface.

Cheers
 Ulrich

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