netdev - Re: Bridge stays down until a port is added

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Date:	Sat, 20 Aug 2011 11:47:12 +0200
From:	Marc Haber <mh+netdev@...schlus.de>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Sven-Haegar Koch <haegar@...net.de>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Subject: Re: Bridge stays down until a port is added

Hi,

I was a little bit confused. The problem is that with IPv6 an IP
address configured on a bridge which is still in the NO-CARRIER state
will never leave tentative state and will thus not get useable.

On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 02:22:27PM +0200, Sven-Haegar Koch wrote:
> For me (using kernel 3.0.0) it seems to work as I expect it:
> 
> aurora:~# brctl addbr br0
> aurora:~# ifconfig br0 192.168.254.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
> aurora:~# ping 192.168.254.1
> PING 192.168.254.1 (192.168.254.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from 192.168.254.1: icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=0.087 ms

Now try it with IPv6.

Greetings
Marc

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