netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2][RESEND] ehea: propagate physical port state

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Date:	Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:14:01 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Jan-Bernd Themann <ossthema@...ibm.com>
CC:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Christoph Raisch <raisch@...ibm.com>,
	Jan-Bernd Themann <themann@...ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-ppc <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>,
	Marcus Eder <meder@...ibm.com>,
	Thomas Klein <tklein@...ibm.com>,
	Stefan Roscher <stefan.roscher@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2][RESEND] ehea: propagate physical port state

Jan-Bernd Themann wrote:
> Introduces a module parameter to decide whether the physical
> port link state is propagated to the network stack or not.
> It makes sense not to take the physical port state into account
> on machines with more logical partitions that communicate
> with each other. This is always possible no matter what the physical
> port state is. Thus eHEA can be considered as a switch there.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan-Bernd Themann <themann@...ibm.com>

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