Re: [PATCH net-next 2/5] bonding: rename slave to link where possible

Jarod Wilson
2020-09-25T11:52:48Z

On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 7:51 PM David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
>
> From: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse.cz>
> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 01:23:17 +0200
>
> > Even if the module parameters are deprecated and extremely inconvenient
> > as a mean of bonding configuration, I would say changing their names
> > would still count as "breaking the userspace".
>
> I totally agree.
>
> Anything user facing has to be kept around for the deprecation period,
> and that includes module parameters.

Apologies, that was a definite oversight on my part, can add them back
via similar means as num_grat_arp and num_unsol_na use currently.

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Jarod Wilson
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