Re: Simplify bridge(4)

[Robert Swindells <rjs%fdy2.co.uk@localhost>]

Ryota Ozaki wrote:
>On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 3:17 AM, Mouse <mouse%rodents-montreal.org@localhost> wrote:
>>> [J]ust wondering if we are going to see vether(4) anytime soon.
>>
>> How would this vether differ from the existing tap?  Presumably I'm
>> just missing something....
>
>dhcpcd didn't work well with bridge(4) and tap(4) didn't help that.
>vether(4) would help that. We may be able to address the issue by
>fixing bridge or tap but I have no idea for now.

I have a theory for why this happens.

I have a local change to bridge(4) in my tree that explicitly adds the
MAC address for each member interface rather than adding it lazily the
first time it is seen in a packet.

Robert Swindells