From: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
To: Andy Gospodarek <gospo@cumulusnetworks.com>
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Subject: Re: [patch iproute2 1/6] iproute2: ipa: show switch id
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 15:37:41 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141204153741.GB32140@casper.infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20141204145743.GS27416@gospo.rtplab.test>
On 12/04/14 at 09:57am, Andy Gospodarek wrote:
> I know that attribute is there, but I find it more valuable for
> solutions like nPAR than for PF/VF use-case. Parent/child relationship
> makes more sense to me since for forwarding will be controlled by the
> embedded switch on those devices. (Notice I specifically chose not to
> use 'master' since that is already overloaded by bridge, bonding,
> teaming, etc.)
So that would make it link, master, and parent. Not sure we can make
it any more confusing ;-)
TBH, I'm really struggling on how to best name this. Trying to reach
for 100% correctness leads to generic, amgbigous names.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-12-04 15:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-12-04 8:57 [patch iproute2 0/6] iproute2: add changes for switchdev Jiri Pirko
2014-12-04 8:57 ` [patch iproute2 1/6] iproute2: ipa: show switch id Jiri Pirko
2014-12-04 13:17 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-12-04 14:20 ` Andy Gospodarek
2014-12-04 14:29 ` Roopa Prabhu
2014-12-04 14:33 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-12-04 14:57 ` Andy Gospodarek
2014-12-04 15:12 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-12-04 15:15 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-12-04 15:28 ` Andy Gospodarek
2014-12-04 15:37 ` Thomas Graf [this message]
2014-12-04 16:15 ` Eric W. Biederman
2014-12-04 16:30 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-12-04 17:52 ` Eric W. Biederman
2014-12-04 17:59 ` Roopa Prabhu
2014-12-04 18:24 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-12-04 18:57 ` Eric W. Biederman
2014-12-04 19:19 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-12-04 19:26 ` Eric W. Biederman
2014-12-04 19:54 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-12-04 20:06 ` Eric W. Biederman
2014-12-04 20:27 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-12-04 20:55 ` Eric W. Biederman
2014-12-04 21:10 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-12-04 21:24 ` Eric W. Biederman
2014-12-04 22:07 ` Thomas Graf
2014-12-05 9:54 ` David Laight
2014-12-08 21:56 ` Eric W. Biederman
2014-12-04 8:57 ` [patch iproute2 2/6] bridge/fdb: fix statistics output spacing Jiri Pirko
2014-12-10 0:32 ` Stephen Hemminger
2014-12-04 8:57 ` [patch iproute2 3/6] bridge/fdb: add flag/indication for FDB entry synced from offload device Jiri Pirko
2014-12-04 13:19 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-12-24 20:39 ` Stephen Hemminger
2014-12-04 8:57 ` [patch iproute2 4/6] bridge/link: add new offload hwmode swdev Jiri Pirko
2014-12-04 13:23 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-12-04 20:55 ` Scott Feldman
2014-12-24 20:37 ` Stephen Hemminger
2014-12-04 8:57 ` [patch iproute2 5/6] link: add missing IFLA_BRPORT_PROXYARP Jiri Pirko
2014-12-04 18:53 ` Stephen Hemminger
2014-12-04 8:57 ` [patch iproute2 6/6] bridge/link: add learning_sync policy flag Jiri Pirko
2014-12-04 13:26 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-12-04 14:15 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-12-04 13:16 ` [patch iproute2 0/6] iproute2: add changes for switchdev Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-12-04 13:56 ` Andy Gospodarek
2014-12-04 14:22 ` Roopa Prabhu
2014-12-04 14:31 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-12-04 14:26 ` Roopa Prabhu
2014-12-04 14:34 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-12-04 14:45 ` Roopa Prabhu
2014-12-04 16:04 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-12-04 16:55 ` Roopa Prabhu
2014-12-04 20:49 ` Scott Feldman
2014-12-05 2:28 ` Roopa Prabhu
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