netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH] rtnetlink: Add filter for VF info dump requests

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Date:	Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:43:47 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	gregory.v.rose@...el.com
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 16:25:31 +0000

> That will change the semantics to the 'ip link show' command quite a bit.

I think that's rubbish.

You can make "ip link show" do whatever you want, including setting all
feature bits in getlink requests, which will preserve existing behavior.
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