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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [patch 1/1] 8021q: transfer dev_id from real device
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:29:09 -0700 (PDT)
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From: Ursula Braun <braunu@de.ibm.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:05:05 +0200

> From: Ursula Braun <braunu@de.ibm.com>
> 
> A net_device struct provides field dev_id. It is used for
> unique ipv6 generation in case of shared network cards
> (as for the OSA network cards of IBM System z). 
> If VLAN devices are built on top of such shared network cards,
> this dev_id information needs to be transferred to the VLAN device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ursula Braun <braunu@de.ibm.com>

Patch applied, thanks!