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2007 Apr 18
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[Bridge] BPDU's not passing through bridge when STP is disabled
I have noticed a change in the linux bridge implementation between
2.1.15 and 2.1.17. Specifically, I do not think BPDU's (generated from
another bridge) are passed across the bridge when STP is disabled. I
think this relates to the LLC handling of BPDU's directly invoking
br_bpdu_rcv.
In 2.6.15, the br_handle_frame function would pass a BPDU to the
br_handle_frame_finish function which would transmit it across the
bridge. But in 2.6.17, the br_bpdu_rcv function is invoked directly by
the LLC layer, which does nothing if stp is disabled.
Was this change intentional? The r...