From: Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 09:10:13 -0700
> Currently the bridge catches all STP packets; even if STP is turned > off. This prevents other systems (which do have STP turned on) > from being able to detect loops in the network. > > With this patch, if STP is off, then any packet sent to the STP > multicast group address is forwarded to all ports. > > Based on earlier patch by Joakim Tjernlund with changes > to go through forwarding (not local chain), and optimization > that only last octet needs to be checked. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]> Applied. _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge
