From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jiri Pirko Subject: Re: [patch net-next V3 0/4] net: allow to change carrier from userspace Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 11:12:06 +0100 Message-ID: <20121223101206.GA1715@minipsycho.orion> References: <1355909756-2389-1-git-send-email-jiri@resnulli.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, bhutchings@solarflare.com, mirqus@gmail.com, shemminger@vyatta.com, greearb@candelatech.com, fbl@redhat.com, john.r.fastabend@intel.com To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mail-ee0-f48.google.com ([74.125.83.48]:50115 "EHLO mail-ee0-f48.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751757Ab2LWKML (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Dec 2012 05:12:11 -0500 Received: by mail-ee0-f48.google.com with SMTP id b57so3191685eek.35 for ; Sun, 23 Dec 2012 02:12:10 -0800 (PST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1355909756-2389-1-git-send-email-jiri@resnulli.us> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Dave, I see that the patchwork status of this is "Deferred". Should I repost the patchset? thanks Jiri Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 10:35:52AM CET, jiri@resnulli.us wrote: >This is basically a V3 of a repost of my previous patchset: >"[patch net-next-2.6 0/2] net: allow to change carrier via sysfs" from Aug 30 > >The way net-sysfs stores values changed and this patchset reflects it. >Also, I exposed carrier via rtnetlink iface. > >So far, only dummy driver uses carrier change ndo. In very near future >team driver will use that as well. > >V2->V3: > - updated ndo_change_carrier comment by Dan Williams > >V1->v2: > - added bigger comment to ndo and also note to operstate.txt documentation > stating the clear purpose of this iface > >Jiri Pirko (4): > net: add change_carrier netdev op > net: allow to change carrier via sysfs > rtnl: expose carrier value with possibility to set it > dummy: implement carrier change > > Documentation/networking/operstates.txt | 4 ++++ > drivers/net/dummy.c | 10 ++++++++++ > include/linux/netdevice.h | 12 ++++++++++++ > include/uapi/linux/if_link.h | 1 + > net/core/dev.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ > net/core/net-sysfs.c | 15 ++++++++++++++- > net/core/rtnetlink.c | 10 ++++++++++ > 7 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > >-- >1.8.0 >