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authorRobin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org>2020-05-30 22:23:37 -0700
committerRobin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org>2020-05-30 22:23:37 -0700
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doc: Document bridge_forward_delay/bridge_hello_time
Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/721148 Signed-off-by: Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org>
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@@ -943,6 +943,7 @@
# Bridging (802.1d)
# Preferred: iproute2, emerge sys-apps/iproute2
# Legacy: brctl, emerge net-misc/bridge-utils
+# # See https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Network_bridge#OpenRC for further notes
# To add ports to bridge br0
#bridge_br0="eth0 eth1"
@@ -984,6 +985,15 @@
#bridge_forward_delay_br0="10"
#brport_hairpin_mode_eth0="1"
+# It is important to include bridge_forward_delay_br0=0 and
+# bridge_hello_time_br0=1000 in the /etc/conf.d/net file in order to bring the
+# bridge interface up quickly. Other values will cause network packets to be
+# dropped for the first 30 seconds after the bridge has become active. This, in
+# turn, could prevent DHCP from working as intended.
+#bridge_forward_delay_br0=0
+#bridge_hello_time_br0=1000
+
+
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# RFC 2684 Bridge Support
# For RFC 2684 bridge support emerge net-misc/br2684ctl