netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC iproute2] Add VF link state control

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Date:	Wed, 08 May 2013 11:24:46 -0500
From:	Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:	Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	amirv@...lanox.com, ronye@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC iproute2] Add VF link state control

On Wed, 2013-05-08 at 09:17 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Wed,  8 May 2013 16:45:17 +0300
> Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Rony Efraim <ronye@...lanox.com>
> > 
> > Add link state per VF command
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Rony Efraim <ronye@...lanox.com>
> 
> Isn't this redundant with OPERSTATE and LOWER_DOWN?

I was going to say it was mostly redundant with the "set carrier from
userspace" patches from jpirko last December, but since a VF doesn't
appear to always have a netdev, it seems that functionality has to be
special-cased for VFs instead of being generic :(

Dan

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