netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2 net-next] bridge: add support for backup port

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Message-ID: <883b40ac-0d13-daf8-c30e-24c2b25d0b9b@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 13 Oct 2018 20:30:59 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     roopa@...ulusnetworks.com, dsahern@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2 net-next] bridge: add support for backup port

On 10/12/18 5:42 AM, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote:
> This patch adds support for the new backup port option that can be set
> on a bridge port. If the port's carrier goes down all of the traffic
> gets redirected to the configured backup port. We add the following new
> arguments:
> $ ip link set dev brport type bridge_slave backup_port brport2
> $ ip link set dev brport type bridge_slave nobackup_port
> 
> $ bridge link set dev brport backup_port brport2
> $ bridge link set dev brport nobackup_port
> 
> The man pages are updated respectively.
> Also 2 minor style adjustments:
> - add missing space to bridge man page's state argument
> - use lower starting case for vlan_tunnel in ip-link man page (to be
> consistent with the rest)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
> ---
>  bridge/link.c            | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  ip/iplink_bridge_slave.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>  man/man8/bridge.8        | 13 ++++++++++++-
>  man/man8/ip-link.8.in    | 14 ++++++++++++--
>  4 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 

applied to iproute2-next. Thanks