Simpler/safer fix would be to avoid generating config bpdu's immediately when becoming root bridge, and just let the first hello timer tick do that. Completely untested, I don't have any machines with 2.4 distro's handy. --- linux-2.4.33.3.orig/net/bridge/br_stp.c 2006-10-30 12:46:59.000000000 -0800 +++ linux-2.4.33.3/net/bridge/br_stp.c 2006-10-30 12:53:59.000000000 -0800 @@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ br->forward_delay = br->bridge_forward_delay; br_topology_change_detection(br); br_timer_clear(&br->tcn_timer); - br_config_bpdu_generation(br); - br_timer_set(&br->hello_timer, jiffies); + + br_timer_set(&br->hello_timer, jiffies - br->hello_time); } /* called under bridge lock */ -- Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
