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From: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
Subject: Re: [patch net-next v3 04/17] net: introduce generic switch devices
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Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 08:13:06 -0500
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On 11/27/14 08:50, Jiri Pirko wrote:

> $ git grep offload net
> Wouldn't it be confusing to add this another different "offload". That's
> just confusing.
>
> I still like "switch" the best. If it passes packets around, it's a
> "switch", +-. Everybody understand what's going on if you use "switch".
> If you use "offload", everybody is confused...
>

Those are all *legitimate offloads* ;->
The macvlan one looks a little creepy. Perhaps we could eventually
merge all that stuff together with this effort.

cheers,
jamal