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Date:	Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:01:27 +0100
From:	Michał Mirosław <mirqus@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
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Subject: Re: [patch net-next V8] net: introduce ethernet teaming device

2011/11/12 Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>:
> This patch introduces new network device called team. It supposes to be
> very fast, simple, userspace-driven alternative to existing bonding
> driver.
[...]
> +#define TEAM_VLAN_FEATURES (NETIF_F_ALL_CSUM | NETIF_F_SG | \
> +                           NETIF_F_FRAGLIST | NETIF_F_ALL_TSO | \
> +                           NETIF_F_HIGHDMA | NETIF_F_LRO)
> +
> +static void __team_compute_features(struct team *team)
> +{
> +       struct team_port *port;
> +       u32 vlan_features = TEAM_VLAN_FEATURES;
> +       unsigned short max_hard_header_len = ETH_HLEN;
> +
> +       list_for_each_entry(port, &team->port_list, list) {
> +               vlan_features = netdev_increment_features(vlan_features,
> +                                       port->dev->vlan_features,
> +                                       TEAM_VLAN_FEATURES);
> +
> +               if (port->dev->hard_header_len > max_hard_header_len)
> +                       max_hard_header_len = port->dev->hard_header_len;
> +       }
> +
> +       team->dev->vlan_features = vlan_features;
> +       team->dev->hard_header_len = max_hard_header_len;
> +
> +       netdev_change_features(team->dev);
> +}
> +
> +static void team_compute_features(struct team *team)
> +{
> +       spin_lock(&team->lock);
> +       __team_compute_features(team);
> +       spin_unlock(&team->lock);
> +}
[...]

I just noticed that you missed ndo_fix_features in the driver. If you
look at bonding driver it should be easy to see how it should work.

Best Regards,
Michał Mirosław
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