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Message-ID: <C5551D9AAB213A418B7FD5E4A6F30A0702F875F0@ORSMSX106.amr.corp.intel.com> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 19:13:56 +0000 From: "Rose, Gregory V" <gregory.v.rose@...el.com> To: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com> CC: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org> Subject: RE: [RFC PATCH] rtnetlink: Add filter for VF info dump requests > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:shemminger@...tta.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 11:12 AM > To: Rose, Gregory V > Cc: David Miller; netdev@...r.kernel.org > Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] rtnetlink: Add filter for VF info dump requests > > On Thu, 9 Feb 2012 19:06:02 +0000 > "Rose, Gregory V" <gregory.v.rose@...el.com> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: netdev-owner@...r.kernel.org [mailto:netdev- > owner@...r.kernel.org] > > > On Behalf Of David Miller > > > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 11:02 AM > > > To: Rose, Gregory V > > > Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org > > > Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] rtnetlink: Add filter for VF info dump > requests > > > > > > From: "Rose, Gregory V" <gregory.v.rose@...el.com> > > > Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 18:57:26 +0000 > > > > > > > I'm sure the consternation on my part is that I had thought you > > > > wanted the feature bits to default to none. You said this at one > > > > point: > > > > > > In "the kernel", so that things like GLIBC, that don't ask for the > > > features, no longer break with lots of VFs. > > > > > > "iproute2" in userland can set all the feature bits, and have code > > > added to accomodate large dump requests in the future, so you're going > > > to have to make changes to iproute2 for this. > > > > OK, that's a bit more clear to me then. And that's the only reason I > mentioned that the semantics to 'ip link show' would change. But now I > see what you mean by the rubbish comment. By default ip link show will > set all the feature bits and I'll add option code to iproute2 to allow the > user to turn it off. > > > > Does that make sense? > > Please don't introduce more flags, either use the existing detail flag or > just get everything. Alright. - Greg -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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