netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] vxlan: if_arp: introduce ARPHRD

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Date:	Thu, 5 May 2016 16:56:43 -0300
From:	Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...hat.com>
To:	Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] vxlan: if_arp: introduce ARPHRD_VXLANGPE

On Thu, May 05, 2016 at 09:31:41PM +0200, Jiri Benc wrote:
> On Thu,  5 May 2016 13:36:44 -0300, Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo wrote:
> > Use ARPHRD_VXLANGPE to identify VxLAN GPE interfaces. This is going to be used
> > to allow GPE interfaces to be added as openvswitch ports.
> 
> What's wrong with ARPHRD_NONE? I don't think we need a separate type
> for VXLAN-GPE. Just use ARPHRD_NONE in ovs and things should work, for
> all ARPHRD_NONE interfaces as a bonus.
> 

That's fine for me. I looked quickly at the few devices using ARPHRD_NONE in
upstream kernel, not sure if there are broken out-of-tree drivers out there. And
should we care?

> > Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...hat.com>
> > Cc: Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
> > Cc: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>
> 
> You did not CC me nor Simon :-)
> 

I am using sendemail.suppresscc=all to prevent some accidents. I am adding
confirm=always so I can double check before really sending.

Thanks.
Cascardo.

>  Jiri