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From: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [patch net-next v2 03/10] rtnl: expose physical switch id for
 particular device
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:01:09 -0800
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On 11/09/2014 02:51 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> The netdevice represents a port in a switch, it will expose
> IFLA_PHYS_SWITCH_ID value via rtnl. Two netdevices with the same value
> belong to one physical switch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
> ---

Yep, I need something like this for my management app to
learn how the switch is laid out. This becomes more relevant
if I have switch silicon mixed with NICs that are not connected
to the switch object in the same platform.

Acked-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@intel.com>


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John Fastabend         Intel Corporation