From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: braunu@de.ibm.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 1/1] 8021q: transfer dev_id from real device
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:29:09 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071008.202909.110522892.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071008150820.837583000@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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!
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-10-09 3:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-10-08 15:05 [patch 0/1] [8021q] qeth-related patch for net-2.6.24 Ursula Braun
2007-10-08 15:05 ` [patch 1/1] 8021q: transfer dev_id from real device Ursula Braun
2007-10-09 3:29 ` David Miller [this message]
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