netdev - Re: [net-2.6 PATCH 1/2] net: dcbnl: remove redundant DCB_CAP_DCBX

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Date:	Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:52:15 -0800
From:	John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>
To:	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"shmulikr@...adcom.com" <shmulikr@...adcom.com>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [net-2.6 PATCH 1/2] net: dcbnl: remove redundant DCB_CAP_DCBX_STATIC
 bit

On 1/21/2011 6:35 PM, John Fastabend wrote:
> Remove redundant DCB_CAP_DCBX_STATIC bit in DCB capabilities
> 
> Setting this bit indicates that no embedded DCBx engine is
> present and the hardware can not be configured. This is the
> same as having none of the DCB capability flags set or simply
> not implementing the dcbnl ops at all.
> 
> This patch removes this bit. The bit has not made a stable
> release yet so removing it should not be an issue with
> existing apps.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>
> CC: Shmulik Ravid <shmulikr@...adcom.com>
> ---
> 

Shmulik, could you ACK this because you added these bits? But
I was adding support for this in lldpad and I see no reason that
we need these?

Thanks,
John.
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