netdev - Re: [RFC][PATCH net-next] cxgb4: Do not set net_device::dev

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Message-Id: <20130613.012436.175444386183812706.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 13 Jun 2013 01:24:36 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dm@...lsio.com
Cc:	bhutchings@...arflare.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Narendra_K@...l.com
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH net-next] cxgb4: Do not set net_device::dev_id to
 VI index

From: Dimitrios Michailidis <dm@...lsio.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 06:15:43 +0000

> Ben Hutchings wrote:
>> 
>> net_device::dev_id should not be used merely to indicate a VI index,
>> as it affects the way the local part of IPv6 addresses is normally
>> generated.
>> 
>> This field was intended for use where multiple devices may share a
>> single assigned MAC address and need to have different IPv6 addresses.
>> T4 VIs each have their own MAC address.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Dimitris Michailidis <dm@...lsio.com>

Applied, thanks.
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