On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 7:10 AM, Dietmar Maurer <dietmar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> There any side effects with the following patch? >>> Not for you. But if it got changed now, it would surprise the >>> existing users (change in ABI behaviour). > > If there are no other side effects, I wonder whats better: > > A.) unexpected Network failures due to mac changes > > B.) surprised users (does anybody depend on such behavour?) > > I vote for A.) > > - Dietmar > You might think A is a better option, but option B is frowned upon. I understand you desire your change the behavior to meet your needs, but Patrick's suggestion to add a module parameter to tweak this behavior based on a module option is probably better than simply changing the existing functionality to meet your needs. _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list Bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge
