Re: [Xen-devel] VIF setup

[Derrik Pates <demon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ronald G. Minnich wrote:
> Am I the only person who sees this as a tad odd? I can't escape thinking 
> about a real bridge. Seems to me each eth or vif you add to a bridge 
> should retain its IP and the bridge, basically being a device that does 
> mac-layer routing, has no IP. 
No, because the IP(s) assigned to a device cause the device to only 
accept packets destinde for it; when the IP is 0.0.0.0, the interface 
goes into promiscuous mode, and so it accepts all packets, whether 
destined for it or not. Then, the bridge device enslaves all the 
interfaces, and transports the packets among the participant interfaces.
> I guess this is an artifact of how it is implemented?
You could say that.

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Derrik Pates
demon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


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