linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] Implement get_link

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Message-Id: <20191112.195230.1255959947276169668.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Tue, 12 Nov 2019 19:52:30 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     mschiffer@...verse-factory.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        roopa@...ulusnetworks.com, nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] Implement get_link_ksettings for VXLAN
 and bridge

From: Matthias Schiffer <mschiffer@...verse-factory.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 22:12:23 +0100

> Mesh routing protocol batman-adv (in particular the new BATMAN_V algorithm)
> uses the link speed reported by get_link_ksettings to determine a path
> metric for wired links. In the mesh framework Gluon [1], we layer VXLAN
> and sometimes bridge interfaces on our Ethernet links.
> 
> These patches implement get_link_ksettings for these two interface types.
> While this is obviously not accurate for bridges with multiple active
> ports, it's much better than having no estimate at all (and in the
> particular setup of Gluon, bridges with a single port aren't completely
> uncommon).
> 
> [1] https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon

Series applied, thanks.