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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: vlan: support "loose binding" to the underlying network device
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:01:04 -0800 (PST)
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From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:54:54 +0100

>     vlan: support "loose binding" to the underlying network device
>     
>     Currently the UP/DOWN state of VLANs is synchronized to the state of the
>     underlying device, meaning all VLANs are set down once the underlying
>     device is set down. This causes all routes to the VLAN devices to vanish.
>     
>     Add a flag to specify a "loose binding" mode, in which only the operstate
>     is transfered, but the VLAN device state is independant.
>     
>     Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>

Applied, thanks Patrick.