netdev - Re: [RFC] iproute2: add br command

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Date:	Wed, 5 Oct 2011 00:32:31 +0200
From:	Michał Mirosław <mirqus@...il.com>
To:	Sridhar Samudrala <sri@...ibm.com>
Cc:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Kevin Wilson <wkevils@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] iproute2: add br command

2011/10/5 Sridhar Samudrala <sri@...ibm.com>:
> On Tue, 2011-10-04 at 14:07 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
>> On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:58:55 -0700
>> Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> wrote:
>> > Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com> writes:
>> > > This adds a new 'br' command which is the bridging equivalent of
>> > > the ip command. More of a demo of how to use netlink and bridging
>> > > at this point.
>> > Please name it "bridge", not "br"
>> Ok, but it breaks the existing pattern.
> Is this supposed to replace brctl utility?
>
> Can we add/delete a bridge and add/delete interfaces to a bridge using
> this command?
>
> If so, why not make it
>   ip bridge add/del <brname>
>   ip bridge addif/delif <brname> <ifname>

I'll add one more idea:

ip link add/del <brname> type bridge
ip bridge add/del <brname> <ifname>
ip bridge fdb ...

Best Regards,
Michał Mirosław
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