On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 11:46 PM, Andrew Lunn <and...@lunn.ch> wrote: >> > Hi Ran >> > >> > The Marvell driver makes each port act like a normal Linux network >> > interface. So if you want to enable a port, do >> > >> > ip link set lan0 up >> > >> > Want to add an ip address to a port >> > >> > ip addr add 10.42.42.42/24 dev lan0 >> > >> > Want to bridge two ports >> > >> > ip link add name br0 type bridge >> > ip link set dev br0 up >> > ip link set dev lan0 master br0 >> > ip link set dev lan1 master br0 >> > >> > Just treat them as normal interfaces. >> > >> >> If I may please ask, >> What is the purpose of using bridge for configuring switch interfaces. >> Is it in order to isolate some ports from others? >> I ask because according to my understanding the default configuration of >> the driver is to enable switch in "flat" configuration, i.e. as if all >> ports are connected to each other. > > Please think about what i said. They are standard Linux network > interfaces. Do standard Linux network interfaces bridge themselves > together by default? No, you need to configure a bridge. > > Andrew
I understand now... Thank you very much. ranran
