netdev - Re: [patch net-next v2 8/9] switchdev: introduce Netlink API

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Message-ID: <541C4AFC.8060500@mojatatu.com>
Date:	Fri, 19 Sep 2014 11:25:48 -0400
From:	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
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Subject: Re: [patch net-next v2 8/9] switchdev: introduce Netlink API

On 09/19/14 09:49, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> This patch exposes switchdev API using generic Netlink.
> Example userspace utility is here:
> https://github.com/jpirko/switchdev
>

Is this just a temporary test tool? Otherwise i dont see reason
for its existence (or the API that it feeds on).

cheers,
jamal

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