[Click] Weird bridge behavior unpatched 2.6.31.12

[Lars Bro]

Hi,

I have a click configuration where I need make a tap on the traffic between
two hosts. Therefore, I have made a simple
"Bridge" element class like below:
  /*
   * Bridge between two interfaces and send IP packets to output
   */
  elementclass Bridge {
    \$if1, \$if2 |
    FromDevice(\$if1) ->
    if1_tee::Tee();
    FromDevice(\$if2) ->
    if2_tee::Tee();
    if1_tee\[0\] ->
    Queue() ->
    ToDevice(\$if2);
    if1_tee\[1\] ->
    Strip(14) ->
    output;
    if2_tee\[0\] ->
    Queue() ->
    ToDevice(\$if1);
    if2_tee\[1\] ->
    Strip(14) ->
    output;
  };

When the test router is not running, I will of course need the bridging
functionality anyway, so I do
  brctl addbr br0
  brctl addif br0 xxx
  brctl addif br0 yyy
  ip link set up dev br0

Before starting the router. I remove the bridge and set the interfaces up
  ip link set down dev br0
  brctl delbr br0
  ip link set up dev xxx
  ip link set up dev yyy
  click-install ...

This seems not to work, however. It seems that only broadcast traffic (and
maybe also traffic directly for the xxx and yyy
MAC addrees, but I dont know, since I am trying to make a bridge)

If I try with
  ip link set xxx promisc on
  ip link set yyy promisc on

I get "some" data through, still not good enough

But if I start the router without removing the original bridge, it works
fine as far as I can see.

Is this as it is supposed to be ?


yours,
Lars Bro