From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] 8021q: validate SAN MAC address Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:16:00 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20121113.181600.667479923208656972.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1352501644-8444-1-git-send-email-mchan@broadcom.com> <20121113.165300.1149843648625252626.davem@davemloft.net> <1352845788.6276.28.camel@LTIRV-MCHAN1.corp.ad.broadcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: mchan@broadcom.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:51096 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754924Ab2KMXQE (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:16:04 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1352845788.6276.28.camel@LTIRV-MCHAN1.corp.ad.broadcom.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: "Michael Chan" Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:29:48 -0800 > We need to have VLAN tags inserted to packets using that interface. > The VID is dynamically discovered by application. How do suggest we > do that if we don't use 8021q? Ok. So what's the reason that the VLAN device isn't given a valid MAC address, for example why not use the SAN one?