netdev - Re: bridge: HSR support

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Message-ID: <20111028175421.339b7c49@s6510.linuxnetplumber.net>
Date:	Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:54:21 +0200
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Arvid Brodin <arvid.brodin@...a.com>
Cc:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: bridge: HSR support

On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:34:18 +0200
Arvid Brodin <arvid.brodin@...a.com> wrote:

> Ok, so after a lot of reading and looking through code I have this idea of a
> standalone solution:
> 
> 1) Add ioctls to create (and remove) "hsr" netdevs which encapsulates two
>    physical Ethernet interfaces each (somewhat like the bridge code does, but
>    with precisely 2 interfaces slaved).

Please use the newer netlink interface and the master attribute for this
rather than inventing yet another ioctl.
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