netdev - Re: more findings/questions on vlans/bonds

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Date:	Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:22:54 +0200
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>
CC:	Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...taire.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: more findings/questions on vlans/bonds

Jay Vosburgh wrote:
> [PATCH] vlan: update vlan carrier state for admin up/down
> 
> 	Currently, the VLAN event handler does not adjust the VLAN
> device's carrier state when the real device or the VLAN device is set
> administratively up or down.
> 
> 	The following patch adds a transfer of operating state from the
> real device to the VLAN device when the real device is administratively
> set up or down, and sets the carrier state up or down during init, open
> and close of the VLAN device.
> 
> 	This permits observers above the VLAN device that care about the
> carrier state (bonding's link monitor, for example) to receive updates
> for administrative changes by more closely mimicing the behavior of real
> devices.

Looks good, applied, thanks Jay.
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