On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 14:42:55 +0300 Nikolay Aleksandrov <niko...@cumulusnetworks.com> wrote:
> This patch adds support for the new backup port option that can be set > on a bridge port. If the port's carrier goes down all of the traffic > gets redirected to the configured backup port. We add the following new > arguments: > $ ip link set dev brport type bridge_slave backup_port brport2 > $ ip link set dev brport type bridge_slave nobackup_port > > $ bridge link set dev brport backup_port brport2 > $ bridge link set dev brport nobackup_port > > The man pages are updated respectively. > Also 2 minor style adjustments: > - add missing space to bridge man page's state argument > - use lower starting case for vlan_tunnel in ip-link man page (to be > consistent with the rest) > > Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <niko...@cumulusnetworks.com> This seems a bit like feature creep in the bridge. Why not use team or bonding?
