netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 iproute2-next] ip link: add sub-command to view and change DSA master

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Date:   Thu, 22 Sep 2022 08:27:24 -0700
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 iproute2-next] ip link: add sub-command to view and
 change DSA master

On Thu, 22 Sep 2022 06:24:05 -0700
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 22 Sep 2022 03:30:43 +0200 Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > Looking at these, none really fit the concept of what the master
> > interface is.
> > 
> > slave is also used quite a lot within DSA, but we can probably use
> > user in place of that, it is already somewhat used as a synonym within
> > DSA terminology.
> > 
> > Do you have any more recommendations for something which pairs with
> > user.   
> 
> cpu-ifc? via?

I did look at the Switch Abstraction Layer document which
started at Microsoft for Sonic and is now part of Open Compute.

Didn't see anything there. The 802 spec uses words like
aggregator port etc.