Linux Bridge : Introduction

Introduction to Linux Bridge

Preface

This page was written based on Linux Kernel 4.0-rc2.
It could be updated based on 4.0-rcX in future, but should be noted if it did.

Source Code Location

Most of the Source code of Linux Bridge is located under net/bridge/.
You can assume files with no path info on this page are located here.

net/bridge/
$ ls
Kconfig      br_forward.c  br_multicast.c  br_private_stp.h  br_sysfs_br.c
Makefile     br_if.c       br_netfilter.c  br_stp.c          br_sysfs_if.c
br.c         br_input.c    br_netlink.c    br_stp_bpdu.c     br_vlan.c
br_device.c  br_ioctl.c    br_nf_core.c    br_stp_if.c       netfilter
br_fdb.c     br_mdb.c      br_private.h    br_stp_timer.c