netdev - Re: [patch net-next v3 0/3] export device physical port id to userspace

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Message-Id: <20130724.160037.37317394789474047.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 24 Jul 2013 16:00:37 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jiri@...nulli.us
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, stephen@...workplumber.org,
	Narendra_K@...l.com, bhutchings@...arflare.com,
	john.r.fastabend@...el.com, or.gerlitz@...il.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next v3 0/3] export device physical port id to
 userspace

From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 15:05:14 +0200

> This patchset is based on patch by Narendra_K@...l.com
> Once device which can change phys port id during its lifetime adopts this,
> NETDEV_CHANGEPHYSPORTID event will be added and driver will call
> call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_NETDEV_CHANGEPHYSPORTID, dev) to propagate
> the change to userspace.
> 
> v1->v2: as suggested by Ben, handle -EOPNOTSUPP in rtnl code (wrapped up ndo call)
> v2->v3: adjusted patch 1 commit message

As mentioned we'd like to have at least one driver implementing the new
interface as part of the patch set.

Once you have that sorted I think this is mostly ready.
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