netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] team: allow userspace to take control over carrier

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Date:	Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:51:20 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jiri@...nulli.us
Cc:	fbl@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, jpirko@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] team: allow userspace to take control over
 carrier

From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 22:16:45 +0100

> Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 08:30:55PM CET, fbl@...hat.com wrote:
>>Some modes don't require any special carrier handling so
>>in these cases, the kernel can control the carrier as for
>>any other interface.  However, some other modes, e.g. lacp,
>>requires more than just that, so userspace needs to control
>>the carrier itself.
>>
>>The daemon today is ready to control it, but the kernel
>>still can change it based on events.
>>
>>This fix so that either kernel or userspace is controlling
>>the carrier.
>>
>>Signed-off-by: Flavio Leitner <fbl@...hat.com>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>

Applied.
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