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bridge: prevent bridging wrong device
authorStephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 04:46:52 +0000 (20:46 -0800)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 04:46:52 +0000 (20:46 -0800)
commit3a82033ccee5db7c8adc8ec5a44c1e364330cb70
tree9843cf9f4a07caadbf1d733de0b9d495554ab799tree | snapshot
parente31e0e43921220ed80a8250ff1acb7d83ed86656commit | diff
bridge: prevent bridging wrong device

The bridge code assumes ethernet addressing, so be more strict in
the what is allowed. This showed up when GRE had a bug and was not
using correct address format.

Add some more comments for increased clarity.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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