Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH] [netifd] add bridge priority option

2013-02-05 Thread Niels Boehm
Hi again, On 02/04/2013 08:32 PM, Niels Boehm wrote: > > On 02/04/2013 08:13 PM, Jo-Philipp Wich wrote: >> I wonder if it would make sense to set a lower priority by default (while >> still keeping this option to allow overriding again). > > I'm not sure, I have

Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH] [netifd] add bridge priority option

2013-02-04 Thread Niels Boehm
Hello, On 02/04/2013 08:13 PM, Jo-Philipp Wich wrote: > I wonder if it would make sense to set a lower priority by default (while > still keeping this option to allow overriding again). I'm not sure, I haven't really thought about that. I guess one has to consider several points when making the

[OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH] [netifd] add bridge priority option

2013-02-04 Thread Niels Boehm
. Setting the router's bridge on a lower numbered priority (and thus higher in the selection hierarchy) solves the problem in the vast majority of the cases by ensuring that the device that is most likely powered on 24/7 gets chosen as root and prevents topology changes. Signed-off-by: Niels