| This version of the bridge utilities is for Linux 2.4 and 2.6, | |
| it uses the sysfs interface if possible on Linux 2.6. | |
| The code repository is: | |
| git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shemminger/bridge-utils.git | |
| Advantages of the new code are: | |
| - Support for multiple bridge port groups (i.e. multiple independent | |
| bridges in one machine). | |
| - Each bridge is seen as a logical device, which allows you to do | |
| firewalling between port groups for example. | |
| - Everything is dynamic; bridges are created dynamically using the | |
| userspace configuration tool, ports are 'enslaved' dynamically, etc. | |
| - It is being actively maintained. | |
| - It uses a hash table for MAC addresses, not an AVL tree. | |
| - It's small (currently 4 pages of i386 code) and modular. | |
| - The source isn't a mess. | |
| - It works as a module. | |
| If you have any comments, questions or suggestions, please send email to | |
| the mailing list bridge@linux-foundation.org | |
| -------------------------- | |
| Files in this package: | |
| AUTHORS Authors of this package | |
| COPYING The GNU General Public License. | |
| Makefile Recursive Makefile. | |
| README This file. | |
| brctl/ The userspace bridge configuration tool. | |
| bridge-utils.spec | |
| A .spec file for Red Hat package building. "rpm -tb | |
| <tar.gz file>" ought to give you a .RPM file. | |
| doc/ Some documentation files. | |
| libbridge/ The bridge configuration interface library. | |
| misc/ Miscellaneous utilities. |