[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>
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_notify.c b/net/bridge/br_notify.c
index a43a9c1..2027849 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_notify.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_notify.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
*/
#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
#include "br_private.h"
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@
case NETDEV_CHANGEADDR:
br_fdb_changeaddr(p, dev->dev_addr);
+ br_ifinfo_notify(RTM_NEWLINK, p);
br_stp_recalculate_bridge_id(br);
break;