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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/bridge/br_private.h | 4 |
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net index 5ecfd72ba684..668604fc8e06 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net @@ -39,6 +39,25 @@ Description: Format is a string, e.g: 00:11:22:33:44:55 for an Ethernet MAC address. +What: /sys/class/net/<bridge iface>/bridge/group_fwd_mask +Date: January 2012 +KernelVersion: 3.2 +Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org +Description: + Bitmask to allow forwarding of link local frames with address + 01-80-C2-00-00-0X on a bridge device. Only values that set bits + not matching BR_GROUPFWD_RESTRICTED in net/bridge/br_private.h + allowed. + Default value 0 does not forward any link local frames. + + Restricted bits: + 0: 01-80-C2-00-00-00 Bridge Group Address used for STP + 1: 01-80-C2-00-00-01 (MAC Control) 802.3 used for MAC PAUSE + 2: 01-80-C2-00-00-02 (Link Aggregation) 802.3ad + + Any values not setting these bits can be used. Take special + care when forwarding control frames e.g. 802.1X-PAE or LLDP. + What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/broadcast Date: April 2005 KernelVersion: 2.6.12 diff --git a/net/bridge/br_private.h b/net/bridge/br_private.h index 3362c29400f1..1f36fa70639b 100644 --- a/net/bridge/br_private.h +++ b/net/bridge/br_private.h @@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ /* Control of forwarding link local multicast */ #define BR_GROUPFWD_DEFAULT 0 -/* Don't allow forwarding control protocols like STP and LLDP */ -#define BR_GROUPFWD_RESTRICTED 0x4007u +/* Don't allow forwarding of control protocols like STP, MAC PAUSE and LACP */ +#define BR_GROUPFWD_RESTRICTED 0x0007u /* The Nearest Customer Bridge Group Address, 01-80-C2-00-00-[00,0B,0C,0D,0F] */ #define BR_GROUPFWD_8021AD 0xB801u |