From 11dc1f36a6701b502ecb695f308aae46ede8bac6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephen Hemminger Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 16:00:12 -0700 Subject: [BRIDGE]: netlink interface for link management Add basic netlink support to the Ethernet bridge. Including: * dump interfaces in bridges * monitor link status changes * change state of bridge port For some demo programs see: http://developer.osdl.org/shemminger/prototypes/brnl.tar.gz These are to allow building a daemon that does alternative implementations of Spanning Tree Protocol. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/bridge/br.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'net/bridge/br.c') diff --git a/net/bridge/br.c b/net/bridge/br.c index 558d27204f60..654401ceb2db 100644 --- a/net/bridge/br.c +++ b/net/bridge/br.c @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ static int __init br_init(void) if (err) goto err_out2; + br_netlink_init(); brioctl_set(br_ioctl_deviceless_stub); br_handle_frame_hook = br_handle_frame; @@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ static void __exit br_deinit(void) { rcu_assign_pointer(br_stp_sap->rcv_func, NULL); + br_netlink_fini(); br_netfilter_fini(); unregister_netdevice_notifier(&br_device_notifier); brioctl_set(NULL); -- cgit