netdev - Re: [net-next] iproute2: Add new command to IP link to enable/disable VF spoof check

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Message-Id: <20110926.170049.1943390151354224651.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:00:49 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	benve@...co.com
Cc:	shemminger@...tta.com, bhutchings@...arflare.com,
	gregory.v.rose@...el.com, jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [net-next] iproute2: Add new command to IP link to
 enable/disable VF spoof check

From: "Christian Benvenuti (benve)" <benve@...co.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:54:53 -0500

> Does it mean that a Netlink interface becomes official (and backward
> compatibility should not be broken) only once iproute2 starts
> supporting it?

It needs to be analyzed on a case-by-case basis.  Sometimes we can quickly
fix a poorly designed netlink interface is no major tool takes on use of
the feature.
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