The following reply was made to PR kern/179429; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Tiago Daniel Jacobs <os at tdj.cc> To: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org, os at tdj.cc Cc: Subject: Re: kern/179429: [tap] STP enabled tap bridge Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:07:56 -0300 It's a bug because STP don't work as expected when using TAP interfaces.