On 29 Jul 2004 08:12:44 -0400 jamal <hadi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 19:24, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > This makes bridge port status reflect both the state of the interface > > from software (up/down) and the carrier. It makes STP handle link failure > > (cable breakage, etc). The original concept comes from a > > Mark Ruijter <bridge@xxxxxxxxxxx> who implemented it differently. > > My way is simpler and requires no polling. > > > > Obviously, this link state detection will only work if the network card > > handles the events properly. > > > > nice. Does this entrench STP further in the kernel? > Still planning to move it out to user space? The same logic would apply in user space, it would just use the netlink events that come from netlink messages (RTM_NEWLINK) rather than notifier chain (NETDEV_CHANGE).
