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

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Message-ID: <20150307124727.GG502@gospo.home.greyhouse.net>
Date:	Sat, 7 Mar 2015 07:47:27 -0500
From:	Andy Gospodarek <gospo@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	sridhar.samudrala@...el.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] team: add support to get speed via ethtool

On Sat, Mar 07, 2015 at 01:14:43AM -0500, David Miller wrote:
> From: Andy Gospodarek <gospo@...ulusnetworks.com>
> Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 22:10:13 -0500
> 
> > You have made it clear that despite the value others see in it, you are
> > opposed to setting the speed and duplex on things like tuntap and I
> > agree with you on this.  Doing that does nothing but continue to enable
> > offload hardware to live in userspace and that is not the proper
> > direction the kernel should take.
> 
> This is a scarecrow.
> 
> HW offloading has nothing at all to do with reporting complete
> bullshit link speed and duplex values on team/bonding devices.

I guess I read too much into the comments in this thread and merged them
with the ones on the changing/setting of tuntap speeds.  I'll circle
back with Stephen and Zhu to see if the want to resubmit something that
satisfies everyone's needs.

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