From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: team: expose sysfs attributes for each team option Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 13:24:19 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20141119.132419.615870013166580191.davem@davemloft.net> References: <93856491220bda9aede41a9571fb1ac1.squirrel@www.codeaurora.org> <20141117130201.GB1872@nanopsycho.orion> <03067d01f18e264b30f86d0307d11b07.squirrel@www.codeaurora.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: jiri@resnulli.us, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: hkadmany@codeaurora.org Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:37306 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750759AbaKSSYW (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Nov 2014 13:24:22 -0500 In-Reply-To: <03067d01f18e264b30f86d0307d11b07.squirrel@www.codeaurora.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: "Hamad Kadmany" Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:28:19 -0000 > Using team driver requires using libnl3. In Android based platforms, > libnl3 is not supported, and libnl3 license poses constraints in > Android's user-space. > > This is the reason for the this change, to have at least the team > options exposed through sysfs. That's a completely and utterly bogus argument for duplicating functionality in the kernel. You could more easily write a license compatible version of whatever userland component you need. Seriously, this is not our problem.