On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:40:46 -0800 Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 02/26/2010 10:30 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:08:00 -0800 (PST) > > David Miller<davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> From: Stephen Hemminger<shemminger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:01:02 -0800 > >> > >>> TCP connections are never really bound to device. TCP routing is > >>> flexible; if packets can get through, it doesn't care. > >> > >> I think he might be talking about SO_BINDTODEVICE > > > > What application does that with TCP? > > I use it..helps with using multiple interfaces on the same system, > especially when sending-to-self. > That is a special case which is not related to the discussion. We are talking about being able to setup a bridge and migrate the associated state from the ethernet device to the bridge. _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list Bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge
