netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next V4 0/2] Add rtnl_link

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Date:	Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:07:54 +0300
From:	Or Gerlitz <or.gerlitz@...il.com>
To:	Roland Dreier <roland@...nel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next V4 0/2] Add rtnl_link_ops support to IPoIB

On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com> wrote:
> This is about adding rtnl_link_ops to IPoIB, primarly addressing feedback
> from Dave on a similar patch that was part of the eIPoIB submission.
[...]
> Roland, this patch is hanging out for pretty long while (few months) without
> any comment from you, if it makes things easier, I would like to merge it through
> net-next, makes sense?


Hi Roland,

Haven't heard from you on this patch, are you picking this or it can
get in though net-next?

Or.

> Changes from V3:
>  - addressed feedback from Patrick McHardy to move the IFLA_IPOIB_yyy ipoib
>    rtnl defintions into include/linux/if_link.h
>  - changed IFLA_IPOIB_CHILD_PKEY to be named IFLA_IPOIB_PKEY which will cope
>    with more IFLA_IPOIB_yyy entries to be added once the basic support is in
>
> Changes from V2:
>  - removed the notion of user defined index per child, since we can do well w.o it
>  - for that end, make (an internal to ipoib) distrinction between legacy childs created
>    through the old sysfs way to childs created using rtnl link ops
>
> Changes from V1:
>  - applied feedback from Dave Miller to avoid using sysfs
>  - added rtnl_link_ops support in ipoib and use them to add/delete childs
>
> Or Gerlitz (1):
>   IB/ipoib: Add rtnl_link_ops support
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