Just to save Ben the trouble, one thing I can tell is that you can't use bridge-utils, you must use bridge-utils64 from: http://www.phunnypharm.org/pub/for/sparc-folks/
How does it work with that? <> Jim > sorry guys for my english, I need help for configuring ethernet bridging > into debian sparc. > I have installed Debian GNU/Linux (woody) into SUN Netra X1, I compiled > 2.4.25 kernel with 802.1d Ethernet Bridging support, I have installed > bridge-utils 0.9.5-2, I have read many documentations (Bridging FAQ and > Bridging HOWTO). > > > I create the virtual interface br0 > brctl addbr br0 > When I add the ethernet interfaces I recive this message: > brctl addif br0 eth0 > bridge br0 doesn't exist! > Why not? > > brctl addbr br0 > device br0 already exists; can't create bridge with the same name > > Note that the bridge module is loaded (viewable with lsmod) > > bridge:~# lsmod > Module Size Used by Not tainted > bridge 19560 1 > tulip 45160 2 > > brctl show : > bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces > bridge:~# cat /proc/net/dev > Inter-| Receive | > Transmit > face |bytes packets errs drop fifo frame compressed > multicast|bytes packets errs drop fifo colls carrier compressed > lo: 465 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 > 465 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 > eth0: 139630 1906 0 0 0 0 0 0 > 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 > eth1: 139895 1905 0 0 0 0 0 0 > 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 > br0: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 > 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 > > > > > This is my /etc/network/interface > auto lo eth0 eth1 br0 > iface lo inet loopback > > iface eth0 inet static > address 0.0.0.0 > netmask 0.0.0.0 > iface eth1 inet static > address 0.0.0.0 > netmask 0.0.0.0 > iface br0 inet static > address 0.0.0.0 > netmask 0.0.0.0 > bridge_ports eth0 eth1 > bridge_bridgeprio 32767 > bridge_portprio eth1 129 > bridge_fd 5 > > The outpu of ifconfig: > > br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00 > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:03:BA:05:C8:0F > UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:1852 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:135696 (132.5 KiB) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) > Interrupt:64 Base address:0x2000 > > eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:03:BA:05:C8:0E > UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:1875 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:137612 (134.3 KiB) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) > Interrupt:128