netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/7] vxlan: avoid vlan processing in vxlan device.

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Date:   Wed, 9 Nov 2016 17:04:36 +0100
From:   Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
To:     Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@....org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/7] vxlan: avoid vlan processing in vxlan
 device.

On Sat,  5 Nov 2016 11:45:51 -0700, Pravin B Shelar wrote:
> VxLan device does not have special handling for vlan taging on egress.
> Therefore it does not make sense to expose vlan offloading feature.

Makes sense. Though it would be good to have a more detailed
description, I already started writing a reply that the patch changes
VXLAN behavior when I realized it doesn't.

If you're respinning for another reasons, please make the description
a bit more elaborate. Not worth resending just for this, though, IMHO.

Acked-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>