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Message-Id: <20150715.214001.1210964588957604209.davem@davemloft.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 21:40:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To: anuradhak@...ulusnetworks.com
Cc: sfeldma@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
roopa@...ulusnetworks.com, gospo@...ulusnetworks.com,
wkok@...ulusnetworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v7 0/4] net: Introduce protodown flag.
From: anuradhak@...ulusnetworks.com
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 13:43:18 -0700
> User space daemons can detect errors in the network that need to be
> notified to the switch device drivers.
>
> Drivers can react to this error state by doing a phy-down on the
> switch-port which would result in a carrier-off locally and on the directly
> connected switch. Doing that would prevent loops and black-holes in the
> network.
Series applied, thanks.
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