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Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2014 12:49:14 -0500 From: Andy Gospodarek <gospo@...ulusnetworks.com> To: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, sfeldma@...il.com Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/3] netlink: IFLA_PHYS_SWITCH_ID to IFLA_PHYS_PARENT_ID On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 05:41:43PM +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote: > Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 04:37:47PM CET, gospo@...ulusnetworks.com wrote: > >On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 04:17:14PM +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote: > >> Fri, Dec 05, 2014 at 07:02:16PM CET, gospo@...ulusnetworks.com wrote: > >> >There has been much discussion about proper nomenclature to use for this > >> >and I would prefer parent rather than calling every forwarding element a > >> >switch. > >> > >> Andy, I must say I really do not like just plain "parent". It is really > >> not clear what it means as it can mean 1000 things. > >> > >> I know "switch" is not ideal but everytime anyone is talking about these > >> kind of forwarding devices, they use word "switch" even if it is not > >> accurate and everyone knows what they are talking about. Nobody uses > >> "parent". > > > >Well of course they are not going to use it until it's committed. ;-) > > > Do you seriously expect people talking about "parents" instead of "Parent device" -- absolutely > "switches". I doubt that... Agree to disagree, I guess! -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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