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

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Date:	Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:29:17 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ulrich.weber@...hos.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: bridge: accept bridge own MAC address as local

From: Ulrich Weber <ulrich.weber@...hos.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:30:24 +0200

> bridge: accept bridge own MAC address as local
> if MAC address of bridge is manually set (BR_SET_MAC_ADDR). Otherwise
> only MAC addresses of bridge members will work if manually set.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ulrich Weber <ulrich.weber@...hos.com>

As Stephen mentioned, the real bug is that we don't create a local
FDB entry (and get rid of the old one) when the MAC address changes.
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