On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 07:38:44PM +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote: > >> >> In private > >> >> flag. I don't see no reason to break this pattern here. > >> > > >> >Other masters are setup from userspace, this one is set up automatically > >> >by kernel. So the bar is higher, we need an interface that existing > >> >userspace knows about. We can't just say "oh if userspace set this up > >> >it should know to skip lowerdevs". > >> > > >> >Otherwise multiple interfaces with same mac tend to confuse userspace. > >> > >> No difference, really. > >> Regardless who does the setup, and independent userspace deamon should > >> react accordingly. > > > >If the deamon does the setup itself, it's reasonable to require that it > >learns about new flags each time we add a new driver. If it doesn't, > >then I think it's less reasonable. > > No need. The "IFLA_MASTER" attr is always there to be looked at. That is > enough. Oh so if it has an master, skip it? Sorry, I misunderstood what you were saying earlier. Thanks, this makes sense to me. -- MST _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
