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From: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 11:21:59 -0700

> Using another netdev doesn't seem right.  Do we need a new device
> class for switches, and then create some common tool/interfaces for
> switch device class?

This is probably what we will need to do.

There has also been a discussion lately about making light weight
netdev objects, of which these new switch things can be a super-class
of.