netdev - Re: [PATCH] bridge: mask forwarding of IEEE 802 local multicast groups

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Date:	Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:37:54 -0700
From:	Ed Swierk <eswierk@...switch.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bridge: mask forwarding of IEEE 802 local multicast groups

Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> No.
> Don't like adding yet another hack user visible API which will have
> to be maintained for too long. But on the other hand I don't have
> a better solution at my finger tips. If better idea doesn't come
> along, then we can go with yours.

+1 for applying Nick Carter's patch adding a group_fwd_mask setting to
the bridge driver
(http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg169607.html).

I'm using elaborate combinations of bridges, tunnels and vlans to make
remote switches many hops away appear as though they're locally
connected to a virtual machine. In this application the bridges are
just used to forward traffic between a pair of interfaces. I need the
bridge to behave as much like a dumb 2-port hub as possible,
forwarding LLDP frames that 802.1d-compliant bridges normally drop.

I solemnly swear I will not pester the netdev list when I melt down my
LAN by inadvertently forwarding STP frames.

--Ed
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