netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: Expose tagging protocol to user-space

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Message-Id: <20180907.145114.1707343345072477953.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:51:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     f.fainelli@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, andrew@...n.ch,
        vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: Expose tagging protocol to
 user-space

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Fri,  7 Sep 2018 11:09:02 -0700

> There is no way for user-space to know what a given DSA network device's
> tagging protocol is. Expose this information through a dsa/tagging
> attribute which reflects the tagging protocol currently in use.
> 
> This is helpful for configuration (e.g: none behaves dramatically
> different wrt. bridges) as well as for packet capture tools when there
> is not a proper Ethernet type available.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

Applied, thanks Florian.