netdev - Re: [RFC net-next 1/2] if_link : add support for VF privileges

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Date:	Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:04:41 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	Ajit.Khaparde@...lex.Com
Cc:	bhutchings@...arflare.com, shemminger@...ux-foundation.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC net-next 1/2] if_link : add support for VF privileges

From: <Ajit.Khaparde@...lex.Com>
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:02:27 -0800

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ben Hutchings [mailto:bhutchings@...arflare.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 5:25 PM
>> To: Khaparde, Ajit
>> Cc: davem@...emloft.net; shemminger@...ux-foundation.org;
>> netdev@...r.kernel.org
>> Subject: Re: [RFC net-next 1/2] if_link : add support for VF privileges
>> 
>> On Tue, 2012-02-14 at 13:26 -0600, Ajit Khaparde wrote:
>> > +enum {
>> > +	IFLA_VF_PRIVILEGE_DEFAULT = 1,	/* Default privileges */
>> 
>> What are the default privileges?  Should existing drivers report that
>> their VFs have this?
> Yes. Vendors can decide what privileges they want to grant for VFs by default.

That's terrible and a very bad interface for users.  It means every system
can have different defaults, from which we'll derive zero consistency.
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