netdev - Re: [PATCH] rtnetlink: make SR-IOV VF interface symmetric

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <20100516.010559.133392397.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 16 May 2010 01:05:59 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	chrisw@...s-sol.org
Cc:	kaber@...sh.net, mitch.a.williams@...el.com, arnd@...db.de,
	scofeldm@...co.com, shemminger@...tta.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtnetlink: make SR-IOV VF interface symmetric

From: Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 20:14:16 -0700

> Now we have a set of nested attributes:
> 
>   IFLA_VFINFO_LIST (NESTED)
>     IFLA_VF_INFO (NESTED)
>       IFLA_VF_MAC
>       IFLA_VF_VLAN
>       IFLA_VF_TX_RATE
> 
> This allows a single set to operate on multiple attributes if desired.
> Among other things, it means a dump can be replayed to set state.
> 
> The current interface has yet to be released, so this seems like
> something to consider for 2.6.34.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org

Agreed, applied to net-2.6, thanks Chris!
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html