From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 11:16:57 +0300 > This set introduces a new bridge port option that allows any port to have > any other port (in the same bridge of course) as its backup and traffic > will be forwarded to the backup port when the primary goes down. This is > mainly used in MLAG and EVPN setups where we have peerlink path which is > a backup of many (or even all) ports and is a participating bridge port > itself. There's more detailed information in patch 02. Patch 01 just > prepares the port sysfs code for options that take raw value. The main > issues that this set solves are scalability and fallback latency. ... Series applied, thanks Nikolay.
