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

Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-11-25T16:08:54Z

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?

cheers,
jamal