From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Or Gerlitz Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] bonding: remove alb_set_mac_address() Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 09:38:42 +0300 Message-ID: References: <1400764324-23221-1-git-send-email-vfalico@gmail.com> <1400764324-23221-3-git-send-email-vfalico@gmail.com> <20140522145724.GA1995@mikrodark.usersys.redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , Jay Vosburgh , Andy Gospodarek , Eyal Perry To: Veaceslav Falico Return-path: Received: from mail-qc0-f177.google.com ([209.85.216.177]:58023 "EHLO mail-qc0-f177.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752490AbaEWGim (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 May 2014 02:38:42 -0400 Received: by mail-qc0-f177.google.com with SMTP id i17so7250465qcy.8 for ; Thu, 22 May 2014 23:38:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20140522145724.GA1995@mikrodark.usersys.redhat.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Veaceslav Falico wrote: > > On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 05:36:19PM +0300, Or Gerlitz wrote: >> >> >> So with this patch @ hand, no more touching of the underlying device >> dev_addr field directly -- or we still have more accesses of this >> such, e.g in bond_alb_set_mac_address() and/or friends? > > > Sorry, but no :(. I'm still working on it, and already sent several > patchsets approaching it :). > > Hopefully it will be ready next week. If you need it urgently - patches welcome :) Hey -- no rush, I just asked as heads up since we have some proposed mlx4 driver change which was done also under the assumption that bonding touches directly the underlying dev_addr directly and I wanted to see where this stands, so we can re-evaluate the driver patch Or.