netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/7] net: add struct nexthop to fib{6}

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Message-ID: <CAF=yD-LPpDZzgW8QezvoQ=R5zykQSRvsv74YEZQz1QVqUj0riA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 3 Jun 2019 12:50:01 -0400
From:   Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
To:     David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>, weiwan@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/7] net: add struct nexthop to fib{6}_info

On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 5:38 PM David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On 5/31/19 3:29 PM, David Miller wrote:
> > David, can you add some supplementary information to your cover letter
> > et al.  which seems to be part of what Alexei is asking for and seems
> > quite reasonable?
> >
>
> It is not clear to me what more is wanted in the cover letter.

A bit late and people in this thread probably already do know the context.

But for those like me that did not: a summary or pointer to the
overall goal and design would be informative. A search dug up the RFC
from last year. That definitely helped me understand the intent a bit
better.

   net: Improve route scalability via support for nexthop objects
   https://lwn.net/Articles/763950/