From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jiri Pirko Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/5] netdev: introduce new NETIF_F_HW_NETFUNC_OFFLOAD feature flag for switch device offloads Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 20:05:18 +0100 Message-ID: <20150123190518.GP2065@nanopsycho.orion> References: <1421987606-10884-2-git-send-email-roopa@cumulusnetworks.com> <20150123094459.GA2065@nanopsycho.orion> <54C26D4C.9050407@cumulusnetworks.com> <20150123175654.GB25374@casper.infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: roopa , sfeldma@gmail.com, jhs@mojatatu.com, bcrl@kvack.org, john.fastabend@gmail.com, stephen@networkplumber.org, vyasevic@redhat.com, ronen.arad@intel.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, shm@cumulusnetworks.com, gospo@cumulusnetworks.com To: Thomas Graf Return-path: Received: from mail-we0-f176.google.com ([74.125.82.176]:65421 "EHLO mail-we0-f176.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752848AbbAWTFY (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:05:24 -0500 Received: by mail-we0-f176.google.com with SMTP id w62so9279918wes.7 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2015 11:05:23 -0800 (PST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150123175654.GB25374@casper.infradead.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 06:56:54PM CET, tgraf@suug.ch wrote: >On 01/23/15 at 07:48am, roopa wrote: >> On 1/23/15, 1:44 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote: >> >How about rather "HW_DATAPATH_OFFLOAD"? Feels more accurate. By the >> >name, I still cannot understand what NETFUNC should mean. >> >> It was supposed to mean 'network function offload'. sure, will consider >> HW_DATAPATH_OFFLOAD >> or if anybody has other suggestions. > >I'm still fascinated that the description says 'for all switch asic >offloads', 'switch drivers', 'switch ports' but we try very hard to >come up with a different name ;-) +1 But we'll see in future. I bet that "switch" will stick.