From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jiri Pirko Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2 v2] route: label externally offloaded routes Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 14:49:21 +0100 Message-ID: <20150317134921.GE2036@nanopsycho.lan> References: <1426447894-41398-1-git-send-email-sfeldma@gmail.com> <20150316131805.GF12614@gospo.home.greyhouse.net> <20150317132456.GG12614@gospo.home.greyhouse.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Scott Feldman , Netdev , "stephen@networkplumber.org" , Roopa Prabhu , Jeff Kirsher , John Linville To: Andy Gospodarek Return-path: Received: from mail-wg0-f51.google.com ([74.125.82.51]:35593 "EHLO mail-wg0-f51.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752073AbbCQNt0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Mar 2015 09:49:26 -0400 Received: by wgdm6 with SMTP id m6so9011412wgd.2 for ; Tue, 17 Mar 2015 06:49:25 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150317132456.GG12614@gospo.home.greyhouse.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 02:24:56PM CET, gospo@cumulusnetworks.com wrote: >On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 09:14:50PM -0700, Scott Feldman wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 6:18 AM, Andy Gospodarek >> wrote: >> > On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 12:31:34PM -0700, sfeldma@gmail.com wrote: >> >> From: Scott Feldman >> >> >> >> v2: >> >> >> >> No clear outcome on polling for choices of "external", "offload", "hw", or >> >> "hardware". Andy's concern about "external" being confusing for users is >> >> valid. So, I'm making executive decision to use "external_offload" for label, >> >> as suggested by Jiri. >> > >> > This seems like quite a mouthful. Just make it 'offload' or 'hardware' >> > so the output of 'ip route show' isn't so long that it will frequently >> > be longer than 80 chars. Being longer than 80 chars is going to be >> > irritating for _many_ users. >> >> Andy, since you have passion on this topic, would you mind taking it >> from here to get consensus, and post an updated patch, if needed? > >Absolutely. I felt bad responding with more complaints yesterday >without proposing an alternative patch. > >I'll be happy to handle this -- it will elimininate at least one >complainer! > > >> I was about to suggest a new made-up work like "keroff" and someday >> the new word is added to Websters . Daddy, what's "keroff"? Oh son, >> that means "offloaded from kernel to external device". Ya, actually, >> that's my vote: keroff. Hmm, on the second thought, shouldn't it be rather "extoff" ? > >Bless you! >