netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/3] bonding: make device count build-time configurable

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Date:	Tue, 12 Jan 2016 15:49:14 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	lkundrak@...sk
Cc:	jay.vosburgh@...onical.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, vfalico@...il.com,
	gospo@...ulusnetworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] bonding: make device count build-time configurable

From: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@...sk>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:19:49 +0100

> It's still an improvement to let the distributions decide if they're
> keeping "ip link add" broken or possibly affecting the scripts.

That it is "broken" is your opinion.

Document the behavior.  It is not broken if the user is told to be
mindful of what devices are created by default.

There is way too much downside to changing this.