netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] drivers/net: add 6WIND SHULTI support

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Date:	Thu, 28 Apr 2016 17:05:47 +0300
From:	Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>
To:	Jiří Pírko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] drivers/net: add 6WIND SHULTI support

On Thu, Apr 28, 2016, Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com> wrote:
> Le 27/04/2016 18:55, David Miller a écrit :
>> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>

>>> The difference is that it this tries to allow userspace crap to mirror
>>> setting user does for bridge/ovs. Basically this looks to me like an
>>> attempt to enable userspace SDKs and such.

>> +1

> I don't think so because a userspace can receive all the bridge/ovs settings by
> mean of netlink mirror, without the need for this driver at all.

yep, Jiri, can you explain what's the difference in **that** aspect
(sans adding new netlinks) between the case here to the already
existing bridge/bonding (wasn't aware to the ovs ones) reflections to
user-space?

Or.