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authorRobin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org>2010-12-12 00:43:05 +0000
committerRobin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org>2010-12-12 00:58:47 +0000
commit400b45d590b883050e171a34daec3fe40b58b76e (patch)
treec347a6d90a05480d6b691016ce5cb51833a2df04 /doc/net.example.Linux.in
parente431599d0882d04e8e85e6f72649987e8f2bc4a1 (diff)
Final documentation cleanup for updated bridge code.
Specifically document how to handle the case of explicitly starting a bridge and then dynamically adding interfaces to it. brctl_br0='' bridge_add_eth0='br0'
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diff --git a/doc/net.example.Linux.in b/doc/net.example.Linux.in
index 7955fe3d..42e5477c 100644
--- a/doc/net.example.Linux.in
+++ b/doc/net.example.Linux.in
@@ -787,11 +787,18 @@
#bridge_add_eth0="br0"
#bridge_add_eth1="br0"
+# NOTE: If you want to manually start an empty bridge, and then dynamically add
+# ports to it you must set at least one of the following variables based on the
+# interface name, so that we can pick it up from your configuration. Even an
+# empty value variable is fine, but at least one of them must be set:
+# brctl_IFVAR
+
# You need to configure the ports to null values so dhcp does not get started
#config_eth0="null"
#config_eth1="null"
-# Finally give the bridge an address - dhcp or a static IP
+# Finally give the bridge an address - dhcp or a static IP, this is assigned to
+# the bridge when the bridge is explicitly started.
#config_br0="dhcp" # may not work when adding ports dynamically
#config_br0="192.168.0.1/24"
@@ -812,11 +819,6 @@
#forward_delay_br0="10"
#hairpin_mode_eth0="1"
-# If you want to start an empty bridge, and then dynmically add ports to it you
-# MUST set the following variables (with the correct interface name).
-# If you get the error "Misconfigured static bridge detected", this means you.
-#bridge_br0=''
-
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# RFC 2684 Bridge Support
# For RFC 2684 bridge support emerge net-misc/br2684ctl