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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Jarod Wilson <jarod@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jay Vosburgh <j.vosburgh@gmail.com>,
	Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@gmail.com>,
	Andy Gospodarek <andy@greyhouse.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Thomas Davis <tadavis@lbl.gov>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 5/6] bonding: update Documentation for port/bond terminology
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 12:10:51 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201002121051.5ca41c1a@hermes.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201002174001.3012643-6-jarod@redhat.com>

On Fri,  2 Oct 2020 13:40:00 -0400
Jarod Wilson <jarod@redhat.com> wrote:

> @@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ ad_user_port_key
>  	This parameter has effect only in 802.3ad mode and is available through
>  	SysFs interface.
>  
> -all_slaves_active
> +all_ports_active

You can change internal variable names, comments, and documentation all you want, thats great.

But you can't change user API, that includes:
   * definitions in uapi header
   * module parameters
   * sysfs file names or outputs


  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-10-02 19:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-10-02 17:39 [PATCH net-next v2 0/6] bonding: rename bond components Jarod Wilson
2020-10-02 17:39 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/6] bonding: rename 802.3ad's struct port to ad_port Jarod Wilson
2020-10-02 17:39 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/6] bonding: replace use of the term master where possible Jarod Wilson
2020-10-02 17:39 ` [PATCH net-next v2 3/6] bonding: rename slave to port " Jarod Wilson
2020-10-02 20:20   ` Miguel Ojeda
2020-10-02 17:39 ` [PATCH net-next v2 4/6] bonding: rename bonding_sysfs_slave.c to _port.c Jarod Wilson
2020-10-02 17:40 ` [PATCH net-next v2 5/6] bonding: update Documentation for port/bond terminology Jarod Wilson
2020-10-02 18:09   ` Andrew Lunn
2020-10-02 20:17     ` Jarod Wilson
2020-10-02 20:43       ` Andrew Lunn
2020-10-02 19:10   ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2020-10-02 20:12     ` Jarod Wilson
2020-10-02 22:55       ` David Miller
2020-10-03 19:44         ` Jarod Wilson
2020-10-02 17:40 ` [PATCH net-next v2 6/6] bonding: make Kconfig toggle to disable legacy interfaces Jarod Wilson
2020-10-02 19:13   ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-10-02 20:23     ` Jarod Wilson
2020-10-02 22:42       ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-10-03 19:50         ` Jarod Wilson
2020-10-02 22:57       ` David Miller
2020-10-03 19:48         ` Jarod Wilson
2020-10-05 17:36           ` Jay Vosburgh
2020-10-02 22:53     ` David Miller

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