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Message-Id: <20121213.140023.2131448980265576282.davem@davemloft.net> Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:00:23 -0500 (EST) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: shemminger@...tta.com Cc: vyasevic@...hat.com, or.gerlitz@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, mst@...hat.com, john.r.fastabend@...el.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/11] Add basic VLAN support to bridges From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com> Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:47:19 -0800 > On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:36:38 -0500 > Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com> wrote: > >> On 12/12/2012 05:54 PM, Or Gerlitz wrote: >> > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 10:01 PM, Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com> wrote: >> >> This series of patches provides an ability to add VLANs to the bridge >> >> > > The bigger question is why is this impossible or too awkward with existing > netfilter (ebtables) functionality? As a practical matter, I like to keep > the bridging code as simple as possible and move the complexity away from > the core. > > Also, if the functionality lived in netfilter rules, the developer and user > would have a more freedom to implement complex rulesets. I do not consider it wise to create more, rather then fewer, users of ebtables. It is one of the most poorly constructed subsystems in the entire networking. Just my $0.02 -- 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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