netdev - Re: [PATCH 10/10] net: remove SK_ROUTE

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Date:	Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:50:05 +0200
From:	Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
To:	jhs@...atatu.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/10] net: remove SK_ROUTE_CAPS from meta ematch

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 08:59:26PM -0400, jamal wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-07-14 at 02:10 +0200, Michał Mirosław wrote:
> > Remove it, as it indirectly exposes netdev features. It's not used in
> > iproute2 (2.6.38) - is anything else using its interface?
> Breaks user ABI.

No iproute2 version uses it, its meaning have already changed several
times in kernel history and it prevents improving the netdev features
infrastructure. Note that other IDs are not changed - just this one is
turned into unsupported.

Best Regards,
Michał Mirosław
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