netdev - Re: DSA switch

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Date:   Thu, 3 May 2018 16:54:26 +0300
From:   Ran Shalit <ranshalit@...il.com>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: DSA switch

On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 10:11 AM, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:
> Thu, May 03, 2018 at 08:50:52AM CEST, ranshalit@...il.com wrote:
>>On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 11:56 PM, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> wrote:
>>> On Wed, May 02, 2018 at 11:20:05PM +0300, Ran Shalit wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible to use switch just like external real switch,
>>>> connecting all ports to the same subnet ?
>>>
>>> Yes. Just bridge all ports/interfaces together and put your host IP
>>> address on the bridge.
>>>
>>>         Andrew
>>
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I get error on trying to add bridge.
>>I am trying to =understand which configuration is missing probably in my kernel,
>> I ran strace, but not sure , does it point to any missing configuration ?
>>
>>root@...14x-evm:~# ip link add br0 type bridge
>
> Is the bridge module enabled in the kernel config?
>
>

Hi,

It seems that although the bridge command functions, it takes several
seconds (~6-7 seconds !) from the time it resturns to shell till a
real communication works (ping between 2 PCs connected to switch).
Does it usually takes so much time ?

Thank you,
ranran