From: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
To: PJ Waskiewicz <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com>
Cc: jeff@garzik.org, davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] [NET-NEXT]: Add DCB netlink interface definition
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 11:41:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080528094140.GD20815@postel.suug.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080527141346.12851.2280.stgit@localhost.localdomain>
* PJ Waskiewicz <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com> 2008-05-27 07:13
> This patch adds the netlink interface definition for Data Center Bridging.
> This technology uses 802.1Qaz and 801.1Qbb for extending ethernet to
> converge different traffic types on a single link. E.g. Fibre Channel
> over Ethernet and regular LAN traffic. The goal is to use priority flow
> control to pause individual flows at the MAC/network level, without
> impacting other network flows.
Is there a specific reason why you used a separate generic netlink
interface instead of embedding this into the regular link message
via either IFLA_DCB or by using the info API?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-05-28 9:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-05-27 14:13 [PATCH] NET: DCB generic netlink interface PJ Waskiewicz
2008-05-27 14:13 ` [PATCH 1/3] [NET-NEXT]: Add DCB netlink interface definition PJ Waskiewicz
2008-05-28 9:41 ` Thomas Graf [this message]
2008-05-28 16:03 ` Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P
2008-05-28 22:37 ` Thomas Graf
2008-06-01 12:16 ` Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P
2008-06-05 13:17 ` Patrick McHardy
2008-06-09 22:11 ` Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P
2008-06-10 7:14 ` Patrick McHardy
2008-05-27 14:13 ` [PATCH 2/3] ixgbe: Add Data Center Bridging hardware initialization code PJ Waskiewicz
2008-05-27 14:13 ` [PATCH 3/3] ixgbe: Enable Data Center Bridging (DCB) support PJ Waskiewicz
2008-06-04 18:44 ` [PATCH] NET: DCB generic netlink interface David Miller
2008-06-05 6:23 ` Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P
2008-06-05 14:43 ` David Miller
2008-06-05 20:29 ` Thomas Graf
2008-06-10 19:55 ` Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P
2008-06-10 20:07 ` David Miller
2008-06-11 17:51 ` Thomas Graf
2008-06-11 17:50 ` Patrick McHardy
2008-06-11 21:28 ` Thomas Graf
2008-06-12 10:17 ` Patrick McHardy
2008-06-11 18:28 ` Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P
2008-06-11 21:26 ` Thomas Graf
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