From: Michael Braun <michael-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 14:14:56 +0100 > Currently, the userspace is informed about the port the MAC is learned on a > bridge and about the bridge removing the MAC from its forwarding table, but not > when the MAC is learned on a different port. > This is inconsistent and makes it difficult for applications to keep track > of all MACs learned by a bridge on a subset of its ports. > > Signed-off-by: Michael Braun <michael-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Acked-by: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Please use a proper subsystem prefix in your Subject lines, for example: "Subject: [PATCH] bridge: Notify userspace about learning MAC on new port" Would have been more appropriate here. Stephen, can you review the substance of this patch please?