Re: [RFC 0/5] bridge - introduce via_phys_dev feature

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On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 10:30:03AM -0800, 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?
> 

Seems g500i uses it http://goo.gl/5lIi (function open_tcp_socket),
which is either router firmware or kind of modile device.
But frankly -- this seems to be unrelated to a bridge.

	-- Cyrill
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