On Tue, 8 Nov 2005 08:50:28 -0500 Hai Wang <u2.ireland@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello Stephen, > I have two questions for you, please help me. > 1. Are you aware that kernel panic issue when brtcl managed to remove > interfaces on the bridge on RH9 (2.4.X)? it is random, it seems to me that > it is racing issue? any fix? Try 2.4.X latest first. Redhat kernels were a mix of 2.4 and 2.6. > 2. I went through ChangeLog of kernel, I found > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *Summary of changes from v2.6.6 to v2.6.7* > > shemminger@xxxxxxxx > > [BRIDGE]: Allow multiple interfaces with same address (necessary > for VLAN's). > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > it seems to me that ethernet bridge allows interfaces with same MACs > address only on kernel 2.6.7 or later, right? If I want to backport > the feature to kernel 2.4.x, what I should take care? I only fix crashes on 2.4 -- Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx> OSDL http://developer.osdl.org/~shemminger
