netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next] mlx4_en: Do not set dev

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Date:	Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:18:27 +0300
From:	Or Gerlitz <or.gerlitz@...il.com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Cc:	Narendra_K@...l.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, ogerlitz@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next] mlx4_en: Do not set dev_id to port number

On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 11:14 PM, Ben Hutchings
<bhutchings@...arflare.com> wrote:

> If you have userland tools relying on this then I agree it should be
> left alone, but maybe add a comment explaining why the field is used in
> an unusual way.

we were not aware that it used in unsual way, just used that b/c were told
too, not sure what to put in the comment. As for userland tools, I know
about internal regression tools and some clould related scripts that use
that.
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