netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] Non-promisc bidge ports support

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Message-ID: <5374B934.1060902@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Date:	Thu, 15 May 2014 21:55:16 +0900
From:	Toshiaki Makita <makita.toshiaki@....ntt.co.jp>
To:	Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
CC:	bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, shemminger@...tta.com,
	mst@...hat.com, john.r.fastabend@...el.com, jhs@...atatu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] Non-promisc bidge ports support

(2014/05/15 0:09), Vlad Yasevich wrote:
> This series adds functionality to the bridge device to enable
> operations without setting all ports to promiscuous mode.
> 
> The basic concept is this.  The bridge keeps track of the ports
> that support learning and flooding packets to unknown destinations.
> We call these ports auto-discovery ports since they automatically
> discover who is behind them through learning and flooding.  
> 
> If flooding and learning are disabled via flags, then the port
> requires static configuration to tell it which mac addresses
> are behind it.  This is accomplished through adding of fdbs.
> These fdbs should be static as dynamic fdbs can expire and systems
> will become unreachable due to lack of flooding.

Hi Vlad,

This is not a comment for this patch set, but I have a question.

I'm trying to use bridge command to turn off flood/learning but couldn't
find the corresponding command.
I'm expecting something like "bridge link set br0 flood/learning".

Are there any other userspace commands that can set flood/learning flag?

Thanks,
Toshiaki Makita
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