netdev - Re: [PATCH] netdev: don't always reset iflink when registering

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Date:	Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:42:43 +0100
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Tom Goff <thomas.goff@...ing.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netdev: don't always reset iflink when registering

Tom Goff wrote:
> Bound tunnel devices set their iflink to the ifindex of the underlying
> network interface when created.  It shouldn't be reset by the
> registration process.
>   

Which ones exactly? Usually they do this in ->setup() or later on.
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