On Sunday 2010-08-22 18:55, Bart De Schuymer wrote: >> # brctl addbr br0 >> # brctl addif br0 tap1 >> # brctl addif br0 tap2 >> # ip a >> 196: tap1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN qlen 500 >> link/ether 9a:17:c4:65:e9:76 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff >> 197: tap2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN qlen 500 >> link/ether ce:61:28:5a:b7:93 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff >> 198: br0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN link/ether >> 9a:17:c4:65:e9:76 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff >> >> Is this behavior normal that the lladdrs of all but the first brport >> remain unchanged? If so, what is the purpose of changing the lladdr on the >> first brport? >> > I don't understand your question, but the Linux bridge code assigns the MAC > address of its first-added port to the virtual bridge device. 1. Why does it do that, 2. Why only the first port? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
