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 20:13:21 +0000
From:   Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
CC:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        "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, Sep 22, 2022 at 12:30:27PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Sep 2022 18:00:52 +0000 Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> > As for via, I didn't even know that this had a serious use in English as
> > a noun, other than the very specific term for PCB design. I find it
> > pretty hard to use in speech: "the via interface does this or that".
> 
> Maybe it's a stretch but I meant it as a parallel to next-hops 
> in routing.
> 
>  ip route add 10.0.0.0/24 via 192.168.0.1 dev eth1
>                           ^^^

Ignoring the fact that a preposition can't be a synonim for a noun
(and therefore, if I use 'via' I can't use the alternate name 'master'),
I thought a bit more about this and I dislike it less than conduit.

I can avoid referring to the DSA master as such in the command, but the
man page will still have to describe it for what it is.

I think I'm going to give this a go.