netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/2] net: introduce IFF_NO_QUEUE as successor of zero tx_queue

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Date:	Mon, 17 Aug 2015 08:51:21 +0200
From:	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
To:	Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
Cc:	brouer@...hat.com, Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, alexei.starovoitov@...il.com,
	davem@...emloft.net, fw@...len.de, cwang@...pensource.com,
	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] net: introduce IFF_NO_QUEUE as successor of zero
 tx_queue_len


On Fri, 14 Aug 2015 10:41:53 +0200 Phil Sutter <phil@....cc> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 12:11:57PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
[...]
> > 
> > But adding a flag risks breaking external scripts.
> 
> Could you please elaborate on this? As far as I can tell, introducing a
> separate flag is the only solution *not* breaking existing scripts. So
> if you see the rub, I would like to know where exactly it is.

I agree with Phil.  AFAIC see this approach does not break existing
scripts.

Acked-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>

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