Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] net: dsa: Use conduit and user terms

Stephen Hemminger
2023-10-13T02:27:45Z

On Fri, 13 Oct 2023 02:10:29 +0300
Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Secondly, it is possible to perform load balancing between CPU ports on a per
> > packet basis, rather than statically assigning user ports to CPU ports.
> > -This can be achieved by placing the DSA masters under a LAG interface (bonding
> > +This can be achieved by placing the DSA conduits under a LAG interface (bonding
> > or team). DSA monitors this operation and creates a mirror of this software LAG
> > -on the CPU ports facing the physical DSA masters that constitute the LAG slave
> > +on the CPU ports facing the physical DSA conduits that constitute the LAG user
>
> Replacing "LAG slave devices" with "LAG user devices" wasn't warranted,
> and it alters the meaning.

The term slave is not in the IEEE 802 standard.
Most other implementations use member instead of slave.