Re: [PATCH] Core 152: the script "network-hotplug-bridges" now reads the variable ${ZONE}_STP from /var/ipfire/ethernet/settings so that STP can be turned on and off for each bridge

[Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>]

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This patch is fine and does not need to be changed.

I will merge it for now and you will then send a second patch at a later time that extends the web UI to configure STP.

Best,
-Michael

> On 20 Nov 2020, at 11:36, Daniel Weismüller <daniel.weismueller(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
> 
> Am 20.11.2020 um 11:55 schrieb Michael Tremer:
>> Hi,
>> 
>>> On 20 Nov 2020, at 06:58, Daniel Weismüller <daniel.weismueller(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> In my opinion it is sufficient to be able to set these parameters via command line.
>> Why is that? IPFire is a distribution that is supposed to be managed entirely by the web user interface.
> 
> Ok I'll revise the script.
> 
> 
>>> It should only be made sure that the settings are persitend and not overwritten by a reboot or the webif.
>> They won’t be as they are in /var/ipfire/ethernet/settings.
>> 
>> Best,
>> -Michael
>> 
>>> -
>>> Daniel
>>> 
>>> Am 19.11.2020 um 15:56 schrieb Michael Tremer:
>>>> Hello Daniel,
>>>> 
>>>> This patch looks good to me.
>>>> 
>>>> I had assumed that we automatically enabled STP on all bridges, but apparently we do not.
>>>> 
>>>> How do we process with this?
>>>> 
>>>> I suppose it is not the most user-friendly way to ask the user to edit the configuration file. This either must be documented somewhere or the zoneconfig.cgi script needs to be extended to allow enabling STP.
>>>> 
>>>> Does anyone want to be able to change any STP parameters like priority or cost of the ports?
>>>> 
>>>> Best,
>>>> -Michael
>>>> 
>>>>> On 19 Nov 2020, at 13:18, Daniel Weismüller <daniel.weismueller(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Weismüller <daniel.weismueller(a)ipfire.org>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> config/udev/network-hotplug-bridges | 4 +++-
>>>>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>> 
>>>>> diff --git a/config/udev/network-hotplug-bridges b/config/udev/network-hotplug-bridges
>>>>> index 33d6d65ba..7431377bb 100644
>>>>> --- a/config/udev/network-hotplug-bridges
>>>>> +++ b/config/udev/network-hotplug-bridges
>>>>> @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ MODE="$(get_value "${ZONE}_MODE")"
>>>>> 
>>>>> # The name of the virtual bridge
>>>>> BRIDGE="$(get_value "${ZONE}_DEV")"
>>>>> +STP="$(get_value "${ZONE}_STP")"
>>>>> 
>>>>> case "${MODE}" in
>>>>> 	bridge)
>>>>> @@ -89,7 +90,8 @@ case "${MODE}" in
>>>>> 
>>>>> 		# We need to create the bridge if it doesn't exist, yet
>>>>> 		if [ ! -d "/sys/class/net/${BRIDGE}" ]; then
>>>>> -			ip link add "${BRIDGE}" address "${ADDRESS}" type bridge
>>>>> +			ip link add "${BRIDGE}" address "${ADDRESS}" type bridge \
>>>>> +				$([ "${STP}" = "on" ] && echo "stp_state 1")
>>>>> 			#ip link set "${BRIDGE}" up
>>>>> 		fi
>>>>> 
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> 2.28.0
>>>>>