From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [patch 1/1] 8021q: transfer dev_id from real device Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:29:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20071008.202909.110522892.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20071008150504.855164000@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20071008150820.837583000@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org To: braunu@de.ibm.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:57589 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752443AbXJID3K (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Oct 2007 23:29:10 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20071008150820.837583000@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Ursula Braun Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:05:05 +0200 > From: Ursula Braun > > 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 Patch applied, thanks!