netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/4] bridge: Allow an ability to designate an uplink port

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Message-ID: <20130313155450.61886850@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net>
Date:	Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:54:50 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:	Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/4] bridge: Allow an ability to designate an
 uplink port

On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:33:33 +0200
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 09:45:24PM -0400, Vlad Yasevich wrote:
> > Allow a ports to be designated as uplink.  Multiple ports
> > may be designated as uplinks and they will be kept in a
> > list.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com>
> 
> It looks like if you make two links uplink, bridging
> between them won't work at all?

Maybe better to mark which ports are terminal ports rather than marking
uplink ports?
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