netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/3] ixgbe: Add Data Center Bridging netlink listener for DCB runtime changes.

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Date:	Fri, 02 May 2008 07:03:29 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
To:	PJ Waskiewicz <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] ixgbe: Add Data Center Bridging netlink listener
 for DCB runtime changes.

PJ Waskiewicz wrote:
> This patch introduces a new generic netlink subsystem for Data Center
> Bridging, aka DCB.  The interface will allow userspace applications to
> configure the DCB parameters in the driver required to make the technology
> work.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Auke Kok <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>
> ---
> 
>  drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_dcb_nl.c | 1273 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 1273 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

Seems to me we don't want each driver supporting this technology to 
create their own netlink interface...

This seems more appropriate via ethtool, or ethtool-netlink (Thomas Graf 
posted an RFC)

	Jeff

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