netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/3] iproute2: ip link: add support for network device groups

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Message-ID: <1294749510.3157.2.camel@mojatatu>
Date:	Tue, 11 Jan 2011 07:38:30 -0500
From:	jamal <hadi@...erus.ca>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Cc:	Vlad Dogaru <ddvlad@...edu.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Octavian Purdila <opurdila@...acom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] iproute2: ip link: add support for network device
 groups

On Mon, 2011-01-10 at 08:47 -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:

> I like the idea, but I wonder if we should take it farther?
> Should it be hierarchal tree of groups?
> Should slave devices (ppp, vlan, etc) be automatically assigned
> to group of parent?

I think that would be treading into policy land.
The whole point is that the admin sets this value (just like the
skb->mark) and specifies how it is to be used.

cheers,
jamal

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