From: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:48:35 -0800
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] bridge: assign random address "bridge" should all-caps and in brackets, "assign random address" should be capitalized like a proper english sentence with a period at the end. These are changelog messages for a mature and professional software project, not random comments amongst teenagers on an IRC channel. > Assigning a valid random address to bridge device solves problems > when bridge device is brought up before adding real device to bridge. > When the first real device is added to the bridge, it's address > will overide the bridges random address. > > Note: any device added to a bridge must already have a valid > ethernet address. > br_add_if -> br_fdb_insert -> fdb_insert -> is_valid_ether_addr > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Applied to net-2.6, thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
