commit 11dc1f36a6701b502ecb695f308aae46ede8bac6
author Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> Thu May 25 16:00:12 2006 -0700
committer David S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net> Sat Jun 17 21:26:14 2006 -0700
tree e510f5514b3885489c8fe9a1661a7fa7b9e88f8d
parent c090971326db094ed702c1f8f2dbe04b7e3b8f27

[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 <shemminger@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>