netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: introduce a list of device addresses dev_addr

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Message-ID: <20090508153842.65ce3bed@s6510>
Date:	Fri, 8 May 2009 15:38:42 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	jpirko@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jgarzik@...ox.com,
	shemminger@...ux-foundation.org, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	fubar@...ibm.com, bonding-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	kaber@...sh.net, mschmidt@...hat.com, dada1@...mosbay.com,
	ivecera@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: introduce a list of device addresses dev_addr_list
 (v6)

On Tue, 05 May 2009 12:27:18 -0700 (PDT)
David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:

> From: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
> Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 14:48:28 +0200
> 
> > This patch introduces a new list in struct net_device and brings a set of
> > functions to handle the work with device address list. The list is a replacement
> > for the original dev_addr field and because in some situations there is need to
> > carry several device addresses with the net device. To be backward compatible,
> > dev_addr is made to point to the first member of the list so original drivers
> > sees no difference.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
> 
> Applied to net-next-2.6, thanks!
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Not sure if this is such a good idea since the purpose of this was to fix
a bonding/bridging interaction, but it breaks STP on bridging.
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