netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH 0/2] Provide common means for device address sync

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Message-Id: <20140601.220430.307052434202546542.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 01 Jun 2014 22:04:30 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	alexander.h.duyck@...el.com
Cc:	ssujith@...co.com, neepatel@...co.com, _govind@....com,
	benve@...co.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH 0/2] Provide common means for device address
 sync

From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 18:44:41 -0700

> The following series implements a means for synchronizing both unicast and
> multicast addresses on a device interface.  The code is based on the original
> implementation of dev_uc_sync that was available for syncing a VLAN to the
> lower dev.
> 
> The original reason for coming up for this patch is a driver that is still in
> the early stages of development.  The nearest driver I could find that
> appeared to have the same limitations as the driver I was working on was the
> Cisco enic driver.  For this reason I chose it as the first driver to make use
> of this interface publicly.
> 
> However, I do not have a Cisco enic interface so I have only been able to
> compile test any changes made to the driver.  I tried to keep this change as
> simple as possible to avoid any issues.  Any help with testing would be
> greatly appreciated.

I'll apply this series once there is some testing feedback, thanks.
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