netdev - Re: [patch net-next v2 1/2] rtnetlink: allow to register ops without ops->setup set

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Date:	Wed, 25 Jun 2014 11:45:00 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, pshelar@...ira.com,
	cwang@...pensource.com, nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com,
	ebiederm@...ssion.com, david@...son.dropbear.id.au,
	sfeldma@...ulusnetworks.com, sucheta.chakraborty@...gic.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next v2 1/2] rtnetlink: allow to register ops
 without ops->setup set

On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 18:58:22 +0200
Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:

> So far, it is assumed that ops->setup is filled up. But there might be
> case that ops might make sense even without ->setup. In that case,
> forbid to newlink and dellink.
> 
> This allows to register simple rtnl link ops containing only ->kind.
> That allows consistent way of passing device kind (either device-kind or
> slave-kind) to userspace.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>

Can't we fix these kind of devices to all create/delete. At least
allow delete.

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