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Date:	Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:26:48 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Scott James Remnant <scott@...onical.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/31] bridge: Auto-load bridge module when socket
 opened.

On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 16:40:10 +0000
Scott James Remnant <scott@...onical.com> wrote:

> The bridge module is missing the net-pf-7 alias that would cause it to
> be auto-loaded when a socket of that type is opened.  This patch adds
> the alias.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Scott James Remnant <scott@...onical.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@...onical.com>
> ---
>  net/bridge/br.c |    2 ++
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/bridge/br.c b/net/bridge/br.c
> index 4d2c1f1..229daee 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/br.c
> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
>  #include <linux/netdevice.h>
>  #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
>  #include <linux/init.h>
> +#include <linux/net.h>
>  #include <linux/llc.h>
>  #include <net/llc.h>
>  #include <net/stp.h>
> @@ -108,3 +109,4 @@ module_init(br_init)
>  module_exit(br_deinit)
>  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>  MODULE_VERSION(BR_VERSION);
> +MODULE_ALIAS_NETPROTO(PF_BRIDGE);

Hmm. It looks okay, but there is not real direct socket interface
for PF_BRIDGE/AF_BRIDGE.
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