README
1This version of the bridge utilities is for Linux 2.4 and 2.6,
2it uses the sysfs interface if possible on Linux 2.6
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6Lennert Buytenhek rewrote the linux bridging code
7because the old code was a big mess and nonextensible.
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9The new code is published at:
10 http://bridge.sourceforge.net/
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14Advantages of the new code are:
15- Support for multiple bridge port groups (i.e. multiple independent
16 bridges in one machine).
17- Each bridge is seen as a logical device, which allows you to do
18 firewalling between port groups for example.
19- Everything is dynamic; bridges are created dynamically using the
20 userspace configuration tool, ports are 'enslaved' dynamically, etc.
21- It is being actively maintained.
22- It uses a hash table for MAC addresses, not an AVL tree.
23- It's small (currently 4 pages of i386 code) and modular.
24- The source isn't a mess.
25- It works as a module.
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28If you have any comments, questions or suggestions, please send email to
29the mailing list bridge@osdl.org
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32Files in this package:
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34AUTHORS Authors of this package
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36COPYING The GNU General Public License.
37
38Makefile Recursive Makefile.
39
40README This file.
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42brctl/ The userspace bridge configuration tool.
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44bridge-utils.spec
45 A .spec file for Red Hat package building. "rpm -tb
46 <tar.gz file>" ought to give you a .RPM file.
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48doc/ Some documentation files.
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50libbridge/ The bridge configuration interface library.
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52misc/ Miscellaneous utilities.
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