Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2012 21:46:26 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> To: hiren panchasara <hiren.panchasara@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: bridge interface type Message-ID: <4F545332.7060305@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CALCpEUEgFO_b8r4sA==a1MM4LEvQN5d%2BGxZ7yS-z665yw1q_ag@mail.gmail.com> References: <CALCpEUGQ-3tci4EXrTA8yroydWxPoUpnH4sxtQn0uti9cP=P1Q@mail.gmail.com> <CALCpEUEgFO_b8r4sA==a1MM4LEvQN5d%2BGxZ7yS-z665yw1q_ag@mail.gmail.com>
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On 3/4/12 1:36 PM, hiren panchasara wrote: > Is this the correct mailer for such questions? probably net@freebsd.org would be better. I do not understand why a bridge needs an interface type at all it seems a very odd way to implement it to me.. see how ng_bridge is done.. that makes a lot more sense to me. > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: hiren panchasara<hiren.panchasara@gmail.com> > Date: Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 12:47 AM > Subject: bridge interface type > To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org > > > > I created bridge1 this way: > > $ sudo ifconfig bridge create > Password: > bridge1 > > $ ifconfig bridge1 > bridge1: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > ether 02:32:c8:92:b6:01 > nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> > id 00:00:00:00:00:00 priority 32768 hellotime 2 fwddelay 15 > maxage 20 holdcnt 6 proto rstp maxaddr 100 timeout 1200 > root id 00:00:00:00:00:00 priority 0 ifcost 0 port 0 > > but when I try to look at the interface via "struct sockaddr_dl", > sdl = (struct sockaddr_dl *) ifa->ifa_addr; > > sdl->sdl_type is "IFT_ETHER" for that interface. > > Shouldn't it be "IFT_BRIDGE"? What am I missing here? > > Thanks in advance, > Hiren > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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