Joakim Tjernlund/Transmode wrote on 10/05/2009 19:47:19: > > Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 08/05/2009 18:02:26: > > > On Fri, 8 May 2009 10:33:37 +0200 > > Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi List > > > > > > We have noticed that when STP is off in the linux bridge, it won't > > > relay STP pkts received from other bridges. > > > This feels like a bug(a bad one too). I hope this isn't > > > intentional behaviour? > > > > > > Jocke > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Bridge mailing list > > > Bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge > > > > It is a debatable whether this is correct behaviour. > > My current opinion is that it needs to forward STP packets if > > STP is off. This would allow for loop detection by other bridges > > doing STP. > > Exactly, I had a look at the bride code and it wasn't obvious > too me where to add the code to make this happen. Any pointers? Looking into this I got a question: Should the bridge forward the whole bridge multicast group except PAUSE or only the STP multicast address? Jocke _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list Bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge
