netdev - Re: [heads-up] bridge in kernel 3.0~ and dhcp from kvm guest on tap device

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Date:	Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:55:41 +0400
From:	lists+linux-netdev@...pit.ru
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [heads-up] bridge in kernel 3.0~ and dhcp from kvm guest on tap
 device

07.07.2011 13:49, David Miller wrote:
> From: Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru>
> Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:44:57 +0400
> 
>> The combination in $subject apparently stopped working --
>> I'm running 3.0-rc6 kernel on host where it doesn't work.
> 
> Already fixed in net-2.6:
> 
> From 44661462ee1ee3c922754fc1f246867f0d01e7ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
> Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 13:58:33 +0000
> Subject: [PATCH 24/30] bridge: Always flood broadcast packets

Thank you very much for the quick response!  I was preparing
myself for another painful bisection session for tonight
already.. ;)

I just verified - this patch fixes this issue (I rebuilt and
re-loaded the module) -- hopefully the fix will be in 3.0
kernel ;)

Thanks!

/mjt
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