From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: bert hubert Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6] vlan ioctl propagation (rev.2) Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 23:10:37 +0200 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: <20040807211036.GA7970@outpost.ds9a.nl> References: <20040806091305.4d405664@dell_ss3.pdx.osdl.net> <20040806132145.675fd17d.davem@redhat.com> <20040806143928.711d92eb@dell_ss3.pdx.osdl.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: "David S. Miller" , netdev@oss.sgi.com Return-path: To: Stephen Hemminger Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040806143928.711d92eb@dell_ss3.pdx.osdl.net> Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 02:39:28PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > Here is a redo of the patch to propagate ethtool and mii ioctl's > on vlan's to the underlying real device. This time the request > is copied to a new buffer, to avoid the colon name rewrite issues. Is this really what we want? We also don't make virtual IPs appear as real interfaces anymore. Virtual devices are just that - virtual. -- http://www.PowerDNS.com Open source, database driven DNS Software http://lartc.org Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO