netdev - Re: [PATCH] Virtual ethernet device (v2.1)

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Message-ID: <4694CBD9.90503@trash.net>
Date:	Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:23:53 +0200
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Pavel Emelianov <xemul@...nvz.org>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@...ibm.com>,
	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>, devel@...nvz.org,
	Kirill Korotaev <dev@...nvz.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Virtual ethernet device (v2.1)

Pavel Emelianov wrote:
> +static const struct nla_policy veth_policy[VETH_INFO_MAX + 1] = {
> +	[VETH_INFO_MAC]		= { .type = NLA_BINARY, .len = ETH_ALEN },
> +	[VETH_INFO_PEER]	= { .type = NLA_STRING },
> +	[VETH_INFO_PEER_MAC]	= { .type = NLA_BINARY, .len = ETH_ALEN },
> +};

Looks good, just one question. What happended to the IFLA_PARTNER
attribute idea? I have a patch to allow specifying the initial
MAC address for a device, IFLA_PARTNER would make the whole thing
symetrical.
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