From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Hutchings Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] net: expose ebridge FDB with priv flag IFF_OFFLOADED_FDB Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 20:00:42 +0000 Message-ID: <1330718442.2611.37.camel@bwh-desktop> References: <20120229070418.10937.8692.stgit@jf-dev1-dcblab> <20120229071719.10937.68718.stgit@jf-dev1-dcblab> <1330718193.2611.36.camel@bwh-desktop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: , , , , , , , , To: John Fastabend Return-path: Received: from exchange.solarflare.com ([216.237.3.220]:6322 "EHLO ocex02.SolarFlarecom.com" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756152Ab2CBUAq (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Mar 2012 15:00:46 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1330718193.2611.36.camel@bwh-desktop> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, 2012-03-02 at 19:56 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: [...] > General comment: why should the software bridge code be loaded in order > to control a hardware bridge? (It's not even the only software bridge > we have!) It would perhaps be neater to have separate modules for the > software bridge, the rtnetlink bridge ops, and the glue functions for > hardware bridges. But that could be done later. I see from the other thread that you're already well aware for this. So, no need to answer it. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings, Staff Engineer, Solarflare Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job. They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked.