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Hi all, We use linux-2.4.20 in one of our products and we've found what looks to be a problem in the bridge module. (I know this is old code but we don't send our customers kernel upgrades unless we really have to!) The problem is that some of our bridges have become orphaned from the bridge module. Specifically ifconfig ourbridgename shows that the device "ourbridgename"

Merge the ioctl stub calls that just end up calling the sub-function to do the actual ioctl. Move br_get_XXX_ifindices into the ioctl file as well where they can be static. diff -Nru a/net/bridge/br_device.c b/net/bridge/br_device.c --- a/net/bridge/br_device.c 2004-05-20 10:51:05 -07:00 +++ b/net/bridge/br_device.c 2004-05-20 10:51:05 -07:00 @@ -19,21 +19,6 @@ #include <asm/uaccess.h> #include "br_pr...

I have a bridge that has gigabit interfaces. The machine in question has the fun job of being a Bridge, Firewall and SMB server. Both of the Gigabit interfaces are connected to workstations directly via Xover cable (well MDI-X to be exact). My question is, if I enable jumbo frames on the gigabit interfaces will that make any difference in overall transfer rate of the bridge? I was thinking it