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 14:28:03 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>,
        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>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 iproute2-next] ip link: add sub-command to view and
 change DSA master

On 9/22/22 13:36, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> 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.

That part was clear (at least to me). I read Stephen's questions as how 
did we come up with the keyword "via" to designated gateways in the 
first place when other network operating systems use "next-hop".

I, too, think of "via" as a printed circuit board term, so using 
"conduit" seems more in line with the vocabulary I could retain my 
muscle memory with.
-- 
Florian