netdev - Re: [PATCH] bonding: allow bond in mode balance-alb to work properly in bridge

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Message-Id: <20090318.232003.30974750.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:20:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jpirko@...hat.com
Cc:	shemminger@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jgarzik@...ox.com,
	bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, fubar@...ibm.com,
	bonding-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bonding: allow bond in mode balance-alb to work
 properly in bridge

From: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:11:28 +0100

> I can see two solutions. Either like my patch or somehow allow bridge to know
> more MAC addressses per port (maybe netdev can be changed to know more then
> one MAC address).
> 
> Any thoughts?

The netdev struct already supports having a list of multiple unicast
MAC addresses, it can probably be used and inspected for this.

I'll hold off on your patch until we make some more progress on
this discussion.
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