netdev - Re: [PATCH] team: add support to get speed via ethtool

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Message-Id: <20150307.011249.990503044534249616.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sat, 07 Mar 2015 01:12:49 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	gospo@...ulusnetworks.com
Cc:	sridhar.samudrala@...el.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] team: add support to get speed via ethtool

From: Andy Gospodarek <gospo@...ulusnetworks.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 22:10:13 -0500

> but this was not possible for SNMP-based tools that are not aware of
> the aggregation of ports on the host.

The suggested value to report HAS NO MEANING.

If you just add the speeds up that's complete bullshit.

Nothing prevents the SNMP userland from doing the right thing
and figuring out the geography and perhaps even exporting
that geography to SNMP querying agents.
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