issue with bridge handling

[Thomas Haller]

On Tue, 2017-11-28 at 14:55 +0000, Oliver, Jef wrote:
> Thomas,
> 
> I will investigate and send a patch if required. Can you provide the
> kernel version you are using, or if this is happening on multiple
> kernels?

Hi Jef,

Thanks, I'd be highly appreciated if you can find the time!!

I didn't look into it yet except a quick git-bisect.
I only tested it on Fedora 27 kernel: 4.13.13-300.fc27.x86_64


best,
Thomas


> 
> Thank You,
> Jef
> 
> 
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Thomas Haller <thaller at redhat.com>
> Date: 11/28/17 6:13 AM (GMT-08:00)
> To: libnl at lists.infradead.org
> Cc: "Oliver, Jef" <jef.oliver at intel.com>
> Subject: issue with bridge handling
> 
> Hi,
> 
> seems something with bridge handling is broken since commit:
> https://github.com/thom311/libnl/commit/55bc931a7272e6ac8f555bcc2a373
> eb2b6b58377
> 
>   ip link add name br0 type bridge
>   ./src/nl-link-set -n br0 --state=up
> 
> fails now with:
> Error: Unable to change link: Operation not supported
> 
> 
> Just a heads up. It needs investigation.
> (as always, patches welcome ;-) )
> 
> best
> Thomas
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