netdev - Re: [PATCH] macvlan: Support creating macvlans from macvlans

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Message-ID: <49B12B20.7000602@trash.net>
Date:	Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:54:40 +0100
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] macvlan: Support creating macvlans from macvlans

Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> When running in a network namespace whose only link to
> the outside world is a macvlan device, not being
> able to create another macvlan is a real pain.
> 
> So modify macvlan creation to allow automatically forward
> a creation of a macvlan on a macvlan to become a creation
> of a macvlan on the underlying network device.

I'm not sure I understand the constallation, what is the underlying
device in this case? A device outside the namespace?

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