netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] bonding: remove alb_set_mac

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Message-ID: <CAJZOPZJHr0fpAaUM_X0Bwa1PtTO0ra3KLu5AFdir2ShKGFrukA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 23 May 2014 09:38:42 +0300
From:	Or Gerlitz <or.gerlitz@...il.com>
To:	Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...il.com>
Cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jay Vosburgh <j.vosburgh@...il.com>,
	Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>,
	Eyal Perry <eyalpe@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] bonding: remove alb_set_mac_address()

On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 05:36:19PM +0300, Or Gerlitz wrote:
>>
>>
>> So with this patch @ hand, no more touching of the underlying device
>> dev_addr field directly -- or we still have more accesses of this
>> such, e.g in  bond_alb_set_mac_address() and/or friends?
>
>
> Sorry, but no :(. I'm still working on it, and already sent several
> patchsets approaching it :).
>
> Hopefully it will be ready next week. If you need it urgently - patches welcome :)



Hey -- no rush, I just asked as heads up since we have some proposed
mlx4 driver change which was done also under the assumption that
bonding touches directly the underlying dev_addr directly and I wanted
to see where this stands, so we can re-evaluate the driver patch

Or.
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