netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] ipip: allow to deactivate the creation of fb dev

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Message-ID: <20121116082926.1c6cccd2@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net>
Date:	Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:29:26 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] ipip: allow to deactivate the creation of
 fb dev

On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:14:13 +0100
Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com> wrote:

> Now that tunnels can be configured via rtnetlink, this device is not mandatory.
> The default is conservative.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>


Although I am in favor of reducing clutter, and we even have to put in special case
code to ignore these stub devices in the Vyatta scripts. Module parameters are bit of a nuisance to deal with, but maybe
the only way for this kind of thing and keep the required ABI.

Not sure if I can fully endorse this. The device may still have uses.
It is still useful for capturing "none of the above" packets
and is used to auto-load module via module aliases.
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