Re: [patch net-next v3 16/17] bridge: add brport flags to dflt bridge_getlink

Scott Feldman
2014-11-25T17:02:52Z

On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 8:08 AM, Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com> wrote:
> On 11/25/14 05:28, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>>
>> From: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@gmail.com>
>>
>> To allow brport device to return current brport flags set on port. Add
>> returned flags to nested IFLA_PROTINFO netlink msg built in dflt getlink.
>> With this change, netlink msg returned for bridge_getlink contains the
>> port's
>> offloaded flag settings (the port's SELF settings).
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@gmail.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
>
>
> Not sure i followed this. VEPA etc are offload modes, no?
> I like the harvesting from netlink->internal format but
> not sure i followed the rest: VEPA etc are offload modes, no?

VEPA etc are offload modes.

> cheers,
> jamal