netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] net/mlx4_en: Enable open-lldp DCB support

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Date:	Fri, 5 Apr 2013 10:15:22 +0300
From:	Or Gerlitz <or.gerlitz@...il.com>
To:	John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
Cc:	John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>,
	Sagi Grimberg <sagig@...lanox.com>,
	Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, amirv@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] net/mlx4_en: Enable open-lldp DCB support

John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com> wrote:

> Agree it doesn't work without this patch but we can fix it in user
> space. This has the nice benefit of letting lldpad work with mlx4 on
> older kernels. In general I think its easier to update user space then
> the kernel for most users. I'll send you a lldpad patch in a few moments.

So to be sure we're on the same page, what we should do is enhance
mlx4_en_dcbnl_getdcbx() routine to also return DCB_CAP_DCBX_HOST and
work with your user space patch? sounds nice, except for what happens
if people run with older versions of lldpad..

Or.
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