On 05/18/2011 08:17 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > The first netlink code in the bridge module was to notify > user space implementations of Spanning Tree Protocol about > new ports. It did not handle the case of kernel mode STP > changing states which could be useful for monitoring. > > This patch causes RTM_NEWLINK message to occur on kernel > transitions. It does not send message if request was from user > space STP, since that would cause reflection and break existing > API. So one app monitoring the system won't get updates if another app makes changes? Ben -- Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list Bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge
