From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
To: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] ipip: allow to deactivate the creation of fb dev
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:29:26 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121116082926.1c6cccd2@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1353082456-21234-2-git-send-email-nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:14:13 +0100
Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> wrote:
> Now that tunnels can be configured via rtnetlink, this device is not mandatory.
> The default is conservative.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
Although I am in favor of reducing clutter, and we even have to put in special case
code to ignore these stub devices in the Vyatta scripts. Module parameters are bit of a nuisance to deal with, but maybe
the only way for this kind of thing and keep the required ABI.
Not sure if I can fully endorse this. The device may still have uses.
It is still useful for capturing "none of the above" packets
and is used to auto-load module via module aliases.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-11-16 16:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-16 16:14 [PATCH net-next 0/4] Allow to deactivate fb tunnels device Nicolas Dichtel
2012-11-16 16:14 ` [PATCH net-next 1/4] ipip: allow to deactivate the creation of fb dev Nicolas Dichtel
2012-11-16 16:29 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2012-11-16 16:46 ` Nicolas Dichtel
2012-11-20 0:07 ` David Miller
2012-11-20 8:30 ` Nicolas Dichtel
2012-11-20 8:34 ` David Miller
2012-11-20 8:41 ` [RESEND PATCH net-next 1/1] sit: allow to configure 6rd tunnels via netlink Nicolas Dichtel
2012-11-20 17:01 ` Stephen Hemminger
2012-11-20 17:11 ` Nicolas Dichtel
2012-11-20 17:17 ` Stephen Hemminger
2012-11-20 17:22 ` Nicolas Dichtel
2012-11-20 18:45 ` David Miller
2012-11-20 0:06 ` [PATCH net-next 1/4] ipip: allow to deactivate the creation of fb dev David Miller
2012-11-16 16:14 ` [PATCH net-next 2/4] sit: allow to configure 6rd tunnels via netlink Nicolas Dichtel
2012-11-16 16:14 ` [PATCH net-next 3/4] sit: allow to deactivate the creation of fb device Nicolas Dichtel
2012-11-16 16:14 ` [PATCH net-next 4/4] ip6tnl: allow to deactivate the creation of fb dev Nicolas Dichtel
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