netdev - Re: Is it valid to add a macvlan virtual interface to a bridge? If so, there seems to be a bug with it.

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Date:	Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:43:57 -0800
From:	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
CC:	Mark Smith <ipng@...06e6720323030352d30312d31340a.nosense.org>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Is it valid to add a macvlan virtual interface to a bridge? If
 so, there seems to be a bug with it.

Stephen Hemminger wrote:

> Why bother, a macvlan is just a special case of a bridge, so why not
> just bridge everything?

You can add multiple mac-vlans to a single interface, but you can only
add one bridge on top of that interface.

If you need lots of (virtual) interfaces, bridges won't work as far
as I can tell.

Thanks,
Ben


-- 
Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com

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