ti 11.11.2025 klo 2.21 Daniel Gröber ([email protected]) kirjoitti: > > Control: retitle -1 ifupdown: Add support for iproute2 bridge > Control: tags -1 + wontfix > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 08:51:30AM +0200, Martin-Éric Racine wrote: > > Deprecating bridge-utils and implementing support for bridge creation > > using the 'ip' command as a backend within ifupdown > > I don't expect this will happen in traditional ifupdown.
Why not? > ifupdown-ng already has iproute2 `bridge` support see > https://manpages.debian.org/trixie/ifupdown-ng/interfaces-bridge.5.en.html > > and the implementation > > > https://github.com/ifupdown-ng/ifupdown-ng/blob/main/executors/linux/bridge#L126C1-L126C25 > > Let me know if you find anything missing or wonky so I can add it to my > compat TODO list. I'll take a look later. > > remains a highly desirable goal. > > I don't see the pressing need, can you explain the motivation? I don't > personally use bridges very much. 1) It's long been requested. 2) It's needed to group several PHY under one interface. It's pretty much a must for routers. 3) bridge-utils is buggy and no longer maintained upstream. Martin-Éric
