On 9/5/2013 11:32 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote: [...]
> > IMHO attributes are a nice way of handling the VSI attributes since they > seem hardware specific. Not sure how to do the right thing with switching. > Should it look like Macvlan, bridge, VXLAN, or something else. I think if you add a new rtnl link type call it "VSI" then it looks very similar to a macvlan which has been offloaded. Additionally you get all the fdb and ndo ops that already exist for free. I proposed something similar here, http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/237617 although as Ben pointed out I screwed up the implementation. I'll work on updating this to submit when net-next opens again. .John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft technologies and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours of step-by-step tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. Subscribe today and save! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58041391&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired
