Linux Ethernet Bridging - Apr 2007 - [Bridge] Enable Bridgeing with a unsupported Eth devices

Hi All,
              What should I do if  I need  to enable bridging in 
unsupported adaptec  ANA7711F fiber Ethernet cards. What should i do 
with the kernel
bridge source. Plz give me some  pointers.

Thanks,
bharthix.
http://bharthix.tk/

On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 15:58:08 +0530
bharathi <bharathi@au-kbc.org> wrote:
> Hi All,
>               What should I do if  I need  to enable bridging in 
> unsupported adaptec  ANA7711F fiber Ethernet cards. What should i do 
> with the kernel
> bridge source. Plz give me some  pointers.
> 
> Thanks,
> bharthix.
> http://bharthix.tk/
You need to get/build/find a ethernet device driver. Bridging expects
the device to look like a ethernet device and interfaces with it.
There is a linux driver on adaptec's web site but it is a huge TOE type
device
and probably won't work for bridging.  TOE is crap