PATCH: brctl show

Denys Vlasenko vda.linux at googlemail.com
Sun Apr 6 07:19:24 UTC 2008


On Saturday 05 April 2008 23:10, L. Gabriel Somlo wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I need to be able to see the list of ports currently configured on a
> bridge, so I took a shot at implementing 'brctl show'. Might follow up
> with 'showmacs' later, but for now, let me know what you think, and
> please apply...

Applied, thanks.

NB: "standard" brctl talks to kernel via /sys, not ioctls.
brctl ioctls are deprecated - for one, they don't work
in 32/64 mixed environment, and will never work -
kernel people decided to let it rust. (I agree with them).
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vda



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