On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:48:52 -0800 (PST) David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Henk Stegeman <henk.stegeman@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:41:14 +0100 > > Please CC: netdev, now added, on all networking reports and patches. > > Thank you. > > > I discovered the hard way that because linux bridging uses > > net_device_ops, bridging only works with network drivers that publish > > their device operations trough net_device_ops. > > > > In my case running: > > > > brctl addif br0 eth0 (where eth0 fec_mpc52xx.c did not yet support > > net_device_ops) gave me a: > > > > Unable to handle kernel paging request... > > > > After changing fec_mpc52xx.c to support net_device_ops the problem was fixed. > > > > If possible some kind of detection in the bridging software is i think > > mostly appreciated for early detection of this problem, as it is > > pretty hard to relate the error message to a not updated driver. > > > > cheers, > > > > Henk The normal register_netdevice stuff take care of setting up net_device_ops for old style drivers. Was there something different about how this device was being setup? _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list Bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge
