netdev - Re: [PATCH] bridge: notify applications if address of bridge device changes

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Message-Id: <20110327.183413.229737801.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 27 Mar 2011 18:34:13 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	shemminger@...tta.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bridge: notify applications if address of bridge
 device changes

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:24:01 -0700

> The mac address of the bridge device may be changed when a new interface
> is added to the bridge. If this happens, then the bridge needs to call
> the network notifiers to tickle any other systems that care. Since bridge
> can be a module, this also means exporting the notifier function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>

Applied, thanks Stephen.
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