kernel/linux.git/Documentation/networking/bridge.rst, branch linux-7.1.y

docs: net: bridge: document stp_mode attribute

2026-04-10T22:52:25+00:00

Add documentation for the IFLA_BR_STP_MODE bridge attribute in the "User space STP helper" section of the bridge documentation. Reference the BR_STP_MODE_* values via kernel-doc and describe the use case for network namespace environments. Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov Signed-off-by: Andy Roulin Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260405205224.3163000-3-aroulin@nvidia.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

Documentation: update mailing list addresses

2024-02-21T20:44:21+00:00

The mailman2 server running on lists.linuxfoundation.org will be shut down in very imminent future. Update all instances of obsolete list addresses throughout the tree with their new destinations. Signed-off-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev Reviewed-by: Kees Cook Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240214-lf-org-list-migration-v1-1-ef1eab4b1543@linuxfoundation.org

docs: bridge: add other features

2023-12-05T09:48:01+00:00

Add some features that are not appropriate for the existing section to the "Others" part of the bridge document. Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

docs: bridge: add netfilter doc

2023-12-05T09:48:01+00:00

Add netfilter part for bridge document. Reviewed-by: Florian Westphal Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

docs: bridge: add switchdev doc

2023-12-05T09:48:01+00:00

Add switchdev part for bridge document. Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

docs: bridge: add multicast doc

2023-12-05T09:48:01+00:00

Add multicast part for bridge document. Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

docs: bridge: add VLAN doc

2023-12-05T09:48:01+00:00

Add VLAN part for bridge document. Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

docs: bridge: add STP doc

2023-12-05T09:48:01+00:00

Add STP part for bridge document. Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

docs: bridge: Add kAPI/uAPI fields

2023-12-05T09:48:00+00:00

Add kAPI/uAPI field for bridge doc. Update struct net_bridge_vlan comments to fix doc build warning. Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

docs: bridge: update doc format to rst

2023-12-05T09:48:00+00:00

The current bridge kernel doc is too old. It only pointed to the linuxfoundation wiki page which lacks of the new features. Here let's start the new bridge document and put all the bridge info so new developers and users could catch up the last bridge status soon. In this patch, Convert the doc to rst format. Add bridge brief introduction, FAQ and contact info. Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni