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

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Message-ID: <20220922203658.6y2busc4p3mjfp4f@skbuf>
Date:   Thu, 22 Sep 2022 20:36:59 +0000
From:   Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
CC:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        "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 01:28:16PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Not sure where choice of "via" came from.  Other network os's use "next-hop"
> or just skip having a keyword.

Jakub was saying:

$ ip link set dev swp0 type dsa via eth0

meaning: "make the locally terminated traffic of swp0 go via (through) eth0".
No direct relationship with IP nexthops.

It avoids saying that eth0 is a DSA master.