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Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:53:43 -0500 (EST) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: cardoe@...doe.com Cc: kaber@...sh.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, systemd-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] vlan: set sysfs device_type to 'vlan' From: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@...doe.com> Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 23:45:56 -0600 > As Ben Greear pointed out this would allow shell scripts and other > scripting languages to better detect vlans. Kay pointed out that this > would allow better uevent filters in the future as well. So there are > some merits to this patch. If you'd prefer I can resubmit with a > better commit message entailing the reasons behind it. For the thousandth time: All of those scripts and other users of this new facility will need to have backup code to detect vlan devices when this sysfs thing is not present. They are already to determine this information already, and they alreayd have to be ugly to handle EVERY EXISTING KERNEL ON THE PLANET. So the effective value is zero. -- 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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