netdev - Re: DSA switch

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Date:   Thu, 3 May 2018 09:11:24 +0200
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Ran Shalit <ranshalit@...il.com>
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: DSA switch

Thu, May 03, 2018 at 08:50:52AM CEST, ranshalit@...il.com wrote:
>On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 11:56 PM, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> wrote:
>> On Wed, May 02, 2018 at 11:20:05PM +0300, Ran Shalit wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Is it possible to use switch just like external real switch,
>>> connecting all ports to the same subnet ?
>>
>> Yes. Just bridge all ports/interfaces together and put your host IP
>> address on the bridge.
>>
>>         Andrew
>
>
>Hi,
>
>I get error on trying to add bridge.
>I am trying to =understand which configuration is missing probably in my kernel,
> I ran strace, but not sure , does it point to any missing configuration ?
>
>root@...14x-evm:~# ip link add br0 type bridge

Is the bridge module enabled in the kernel config?


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