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Date:      Sat, 30 May 2009 13:13:01 +0200
From:      Jedrzej Kalinowski <kalinoj1@iem.pw.edu.pl>
To:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Cc:        Bruce Simpson <bms@incunabulum.net>, pluknet <pluknet@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: Bridging and stp question
Message-ID:  <4A2114BD.2050809@iem.pw.edu.pl>
In-Reply-To: <4A1FBE3E.9080203@incunabulum.net>
References:  <4A1EE0F5.1070909@iem.pw.edu.pl>	<a31046fc0905281328hfc5c3e4gf9378ab22e62ad94@mail.gmail.com> <4A1EF6FB.7080306@iem.pw.edu.pl> <4A1FBE3E.9080203@incunabulum.net>

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Bruce Simpson pisze:
> Jedrzej Kalinowski wrote:
>> pluknet pisze:
>>  
>>> 2009/5/28 Jedrzej Kalinowski <kalinoj1@iem.pw.edu.pl>:
>>>    
>>>> Is there any way to configure the bridge to add stp protocol to any
>>>> added (via ifconfig bridgeX addm ifX) member interface - so to change
>>>> the default behaviour? Or specifying it explicitly is unavoidable?
>>>>
>>>>       
>>> Let me clarify some. Did I understand you correctly
>>> that `ifconfig bridge0 addm ifX stp ifX` doesn't fit you needs?
>>>
>>>     
>>
>> Well, it works fine.
>>
>> It just would be more comfortable for me to do just:
>> ifconfig bridge0 addm ifX
>>
>> and have bridge0 configured to add stp proto to each member interface as
>> a default action.
>>
>> It would allow me to configure spanning tree on specific bridge
>> globally, with no need to do it for each member interface.
>>   
> 
> Can't you just put this command in a qemu-ifup script?
> If not, can you clarify why it does not work for you?
> 
> thanks,
> BMS
> 

Yes, I can - I do it already.

I was just wondering if it was possible to change default behavior, if
not it is not an issue/bug with if_bridge. I can use it and it works
just fine.

It's just about convenience.


Thanks
-- 
Jędrzej Kalinowski



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