netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/3] macvlan: export macvlan mode through netlink

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Date:	Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:47:03 +0100
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
Cc:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	Patrick Mullaney <pmullaney@...ell.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Edge Virtual Bridging <evb@...oogroups.com>,
	Anna Fischer <anna.fischer@...com>,
	bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	Jens Osterkamp <jens@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Gerhard Stenzel <gerhard.stenzel@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] macvlan: export macvlan mode through netlink

On Thursday 19 November 2009, Patrick McHardy wrote:
> > +enum ifla_macvlan_mode {
> > +     MACVLAN_MODE_PRIVATE = 1, /* don't talk to other macvlans */
> > +     MACVLAN_MODE_VEPA    = 2, /* talk to other ports through ext bridge */
> > +     MACVLAN_MODE_BRIDGE  = 4, /* talk to bridge ports directly */
> > +};
> 
> Please also keep the enum named something without ifla_ since
> the mode values themselves are not netlink attributes. Just
> macvlan_mode seems fine.

Ok, good. I was unsure on the naming and also changed between MACVLAN_*
and MACVLAN_MODE_* a few times.

Thanks for the clarification,

	Arnd <><
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