netdev - Re: How to use gretap with bridge?

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Date:	Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:00:36 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	"Neulinger, Nathan" <nneul@....edu>
Cc:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: How to use gretap with bridge?

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:01:31 -0500
"Neulinger, Nathan" <nneul@....edu> wrote:

> Further testing - if the leading octet of the 'local' address is even,
> it allows it to be added to bridge, if it's odd, it won't.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 

If leading octet of MAC address is odd, then bridge thinks it
is not a valid ethernet for bridging because it is a multicast
address.

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