Re: Simplify bridge(4)

[Roy Marples <roy%marples.name@localhost>]

On 12/02/2016 12:35, Robert Swindells wrote:
> 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.

Does it handle the MAC address changing on a member interface?

Roy