netdev - Re: [Bridge] [RFC 0/5] bridge

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Message-ID: <de7adc5e0905112230r60254113t6b31d8114d141be@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 11 May 2009 23:30:33 -0600
From:	Daniel Robbins <drobbins@...too.org>
To:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>
Cc:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	davem@...emloft.net, xemul@...nvz.org
Subject: Re: [Bridge] [RFC 0/5] bridge - introduce via_phys_dev feature

Note: I am not a bridge guru but I'm interested in understanding this
new functionality better. What is the larger benefit of this feature?
Does this make it possible to configure a bridge setup on a remote
system without losing connectivity? I can't do many kinds of network
changes remotely without risking losing connectivity (ie. changing IP
address, messing with routing, etc. -- it would be likely that you'd
lose network connectivity :) ) Therefore, I don't know if this is a
benefit unless it is needed for a particular application. Is this
useful for OpenVZ in some way?

Regards,

Daniel

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 5:46 AM, Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> here is RFC for new via_phys_dev bridge feature.
> In short -- it allows to use some bridge port as
> bridge itself with already configured routing table.
>
> More details with example you may found in patches.
>
> Please review. Any (including _complains_) comments are
> highly appreciated!
>
> The series is on top of current -net-next-2.6
>
>        | commit ed9b58bc443a1210b5be1ded6421b17e015bf985
>        | Author Richard Genoud <richard.genoud@...il.com>
>        | Date Sat May 9 06:59:16 2009 +0000
>
> Cyrill
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