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Commit 3982d3d2 authored by Fischer, Anna's avatar Fischer, Anna Committed by David S. Miller
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net/bridge: Add 'hairpin' port forwarding mode

This patch adds a 'hairpin' (also called 'reflective relay') mode
port configuration to the Linux Ethernet bridge kernel module.
A bridge supporting hairpin forwarding mode can send frames back
out through the port the frame was received on.

Hairpin mode is required to support basic VEPA (Virtual
Ethernet Port Aggregator) capabilities.

You can find additional information on VEPA here:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/evb/
http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2009/new-hudson-vepa_seminar-20090514d.pdf
http://www.internet2.edu/presentations/jt2009jul/20090719-congdon.pdf



An additional patch 'bridge-utils: Add 'hairpin' port forwarding mode'
is provided to allow configuring hairpin mode from userspace tools.

Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul Congdon <paul.congdon@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAnna Fischer <anna.fischer@hp.com>
Acked-by: default avatarArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent 8dd07086
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