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You would probably prefer the netlink interface these days over the old ioctl interface to configure bridges. But for an introduction the older one is probably
by Mic92 9y ago
You would probably prefer the netlink interface these days over the old ioctl interface to configure bridges. But for an introduction the older one is probably easier to explain.
- hueving 9y agoAny reason netlink would be preferable if you're only making these calls <10 per minute?
- vbernat 9y agoYou have access to far more parameters through Netlink than through ioctl. For bridges, this includes VLAN tagging, flood behavior, filtering behavior, per-port MAC learning, etc. Any recent development on bridges for Linux is only accessible through sysfs and netlink.