netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/5] switchdev: add swdev ops

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Message-Id: <20150315.200029.2060004791473258099.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 15 Mar 2015 20:00:29 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sfeldma@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jiri@...nulli.us, roopa@...ulusnetworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/5] switchdev: add swdev ops

From: sfeldma@...il.com
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2015 23:15:02 -0700

> From: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>
> 
> Per discussions at netconf, move switchdev ndo ops to a new swdev_ops to
> keep ndo namespace clean and maintain switchdev-related ops into one place.
> 
> There are no functional changes here; just shuffling ops around for better
> organization.

As Simon Horman mentioned, this series is not bisectable.

Someone trying to track down a bug in the switch code will
find that all the switch offloading stops happening after
patch #2.

You have to arrange these changes such that full functionality and no
regressions occur at each and every step of the patch seres.

Thanks.
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