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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] dev: add support of flag IFF_NOPROC
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 15:09:47 -0400 (EDT)
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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 10:46:27 -0700

> What about speeding up proc or sysfs? Or providing a bulk create/destroy.

+1 +1 +1

This will benefit more people than the just the envisioned users for
this IFF_NOPROC thing.

I really don't want to take the IFF_NOPROC approach.