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Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:24:11 -0800 From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com> To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>, Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>, Patrick Mullaney <pmullaney@...ell.com>, "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>, Edge Virtual Bridging <evb@...oogroups.com>, Anna Fischer <anna.fischer@...com>, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, virtualization@...ux-foundation.com, Jens Osterkamp <jens@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, Gerhard Stenzel <gerhard.stenzel@...ibm.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> Subject: Re: [PATCH, resend] iproute2/iplink: add macvlan options for bridge mode On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:57:25 +0000 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote: > Macvlan can now optionally support forwarding between its > ports, if they are in "bridge" mode. This adds support > for this option to "ip link add", "ip link set" and "ip > -d link show". > > The default mode in the kernel is now "vepa" mode, meaning > "virtual ethernet port aggregator". This mode is used > together with the "hairpin" mode of an ethernet bridge > that the parent of the macvlan device is connected to. > All frames still get sent out to the external interface, > but the adjacent bridge is able to send them back on > the same wire in hairpin mode, so the macvlan ports > are able to see each other, which the bridge can be > configured to monitor and control traffic between > all macvlan instances. Multicast traffic coming in > from the external interface is checked for the source > MAC address and only delivered to ports that have not > yet seen it. > > In bridge mode, macvlan will send all multicast traffic > to other interfaces that are also in bridge mode but > not to those in vepa mode, which get them on the way > back from the hairpin. > > The third supported mode is "private", which prevents > communication between macvlans even if the adjacent > bridge is in hairpin mode. This behavior is closer to > the original implementation of macvlan but stricly > maintains isolation. > > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> Okay, applied for next version -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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