From 11dc1f36a6701b502ecb695f308aae46ede8bac6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephen Hemminger Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 16:00:12 -0700 Subject: [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 Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/bridge/br_private.h | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'net/bridge/br_private.h') diff --git a/net/bridge/br_private.h b/net/bridge/br_private.h index 22071d15682..c491fb2f280 100644 --- a/net/bridge/br_private.h +++ b/net/bridge/br_private.h @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ #define BR_PORT_DEBOUNCE (HZ/10) -#define BR_VERSION "2.1" +#define BR_VERSION "2.2" typedef struct bridge_id bridge_id; typedef struct mac_addr mac_addr; @@ -237,6 +237,11 @@ extern struct net_bridge_fdb_entry *(*br_fdb_get_hook)(struct net_bridge *br, extern void (*br_fdb_put_hook)(struct net_bridge_fdb_entry *ent); +/* br_netlink.c */ +extern void br_netlink_init(void); +extern void br_netlink_fini(void); +extern void br_ifinfo_notify(int event, struct net_bridge_port *port); + #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS /* br_sysfs_if.c */ extern struct sysfs_ops brport_sysfs_ops; -- cgit v1.2.3