I have a bridge using kernel 2.4.12 with the 20010709-2 bridge patches;
the bridge code is built as a module. The bridging and netfilter both work
fine, but packet capture doesn't work right when the br_passthrough module
is loaded. Running tcpdump on the bridge interface (br0) only reports
broadcast traffic and traffic from (but not to) the bridge (IP address on
br0). Without the br_passthrough module loaded, tcpdump shows all of the
traffic crossing the bridge. The difference can be observed by using
insmod/rmmod br_passthrough.

I assume that this is a bug rather than a feature because it changes the
expected behavior bridge interface. This is especially a problem because
there is no way to capture packets on the individual interfaces in the
bridge.

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