1 This version of the bridge utilities is for Linux 2.4 and 2.6,
2 it uses the sysfs interface if possible on Linux 2.6
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6 Lennert Buytenhek rewrote the linux bridging code
7 because the old code was a big mess and nonextensible.
9 The new code is published at:
10 http://bridge.sourceforge.net/
14 Advantages of the new code are:
15 - Support for multiple bridge port groups (i.e. multiple independent
16 bridges in one machine).
17 - Each bridge is seen as a logical device, which allows you to do
18 firewalling between port groups for example.
19 - Everything is dynamic; bridges are created dynamically using the
20 userspace configuration tool, ports are 'enslaved' dynamically, etc.
21 - It is being actively maintained.
22 - It uses a hash table for MAC addresses, not an AVL tree.
23 - It's small (currently 4 pages of i386 code) and modular.
24 - The source isn't a mess.
25 - It works as a module.
28 If you have any comments, questions or suggestions, please send email to
29 the mailing list bridge@osdl.org
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32 Files in this package:
34 AUTHORS Authors of this package
36 COPYING The GNU General Public License.
38 Makefile Recursive Makefile.
42 brctl/ The userspace bridge configuration tool.
45 A .spec file for Red Hat package building. "rpm -tb
46 <tar.gz file>" ought to give you a .RPM file.
48 doc/ Some documentation files.
50 libbridge/ The bridge configuration interface library.
52 misc/ Miscellaneous utilities.