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Message-Id: <20071008.202909.110522892.davem@davemloft.net>
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:29:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To: braunu@...ibm.com
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 1/1] 8021q: transfer dev_id from real device
From: Ursula Braun <braunu@...ibm.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:05:05 +0200
> From: Ursula Braun <braunu@...ibm.com>
>
> A net_device struct provides field dev_id. It is used for
> unique ipv6 generation in case of shared network cards
> (as for the OSA network cards of IBM System z).
> If VLAN devices are built on top of such shared network cards,
> this dev_id information needs to be transferred to the VLAN device.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ursula Braun <braunu@...ibm.com>
Patch applied, thanks!
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