On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 08:17:46AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: >On Fri, 2 May 2008 11:01:38 +0200 >Bernhard Fischer <rep.dot.nop@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> It was rumored that the ioctl interface for bridges is deprecated. >> There is, however, one crucial gap when trying to implement brctl >> without using any ioctl: AFAICS it is impossible to create a bridge via >> sysfs. >> >> The attached quick.. erm patch strives to fill this gap. >> Some further details are at the top of the patchlet which received only >> cursory testing, fwiw. >> >> Thanks and cheers, >> Bernhard > >Why bother. The old API has to live on because it part of the >kernel ABI. I'm bothering since i either want the ioctl interface _or_ the sysfs interface. I currently use the ioctl interface but as long as the sysfs is incomplete i cannot switch to it even if i wanted. _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list Bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge
