"[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote on 2010/03/26 22:42:52: > > On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Joakim Tjernlund > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Nicolas de Pesloüan <[email protected]> wrote on 2010/03/26 > > 21:39:33: > > > >> From: Nicolas de Pesloüan <[email protected]> > >> To: Joakim Tjernlund <[email protected]> > >> Cc: [email protected] > >> Date: 2010/03/26 21:39 > >> Subject: Re: [Bridge] IP address on physcial interface instead of bridge > >> interface? > >> > >> Joakim Tjernlund wrote: > >> > >> > Figure a small picture will help so here it is: > >> > > >> > Before adding eth0 to br0: > >> > eth0 br0 > >> > | > >> > | > >> > HW controller > >> > > >> > after adding eth0 to br0: > >> > eth0 > >> > \ > >> > \ > >> > br0 > >> > / > >> > / > >> > HW controller > >> > >> I don't understand your ascii art. What is HW controller ? eth0 is an > >> hardware > >> controller !? > >> > >> Nicolas. > > > > eth0 is the I/F IP stack will see/use. HW controller is the ethernet HW > > controller, > > the PCI HW if you like. > > No! > > br0 does NOT sit between eth0 and the NIC. eth0 still represents the > NIC. br0 sits on top, and represents the combined traffic stream from > eth0 and all other bridge ports. By adding eth0 to the bridge, you > told it to forward all incoming frames to br0 which is the next higher > layer in the virtual interface hierarchy.
Of course the above isn't how the bridge works today. I was trying to described a new feature which would let me use eth0 as my normal IP interface even after it was added to the bridge. The above would emulate connecting the eth0 I/F to an external HW bridge. Jocke _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge
