From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84F78C433E0 for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2020 18:36:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F88020691 for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2020 18:36:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728699AbgFISgs (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Jun 2020 14:36:48 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:48592 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728143AbgFISgr (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Jun 2020 14:36:47 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net (shards.monkeyblade.net [IPv6:2620:137:e000::1:9]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2F35AC05BD1E; Tue, 9 Jun 2020 11:36:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:601:9f00:477::3d5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: davem-davemloft) by shards.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E8ECD1275613D; Tue, 9 Jun 2020 11:36:36 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2020 11:36:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20200609.113633.1866761141966326637.davem@davemloft.net> To: stephen@networkplumber.org Cc: o.rempel@pengutronix.de, andrew@lunn.ch, f.fainelli@gmail.com, hkallweit1@gmail.com, kuba@kernel.org, corbet@lwn.net, mkubecek@suse.cz, linville@tuxdriver.com, david@protonic.nl, kernel@pengutronix.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux@armlinux.org.uk, mkl@pengutronix.de, marex@denx.de, christian.herber@nxp.com, amitc@mellanox.com, petrm@mellanox.com Subject: Re: [PATCH ethtool v1] netlink: add master/slave configuration support From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20200609101935.5716b3bd@hermes.lan> References: <20200607153019.3c8d6650@hermes.lan> <20200607.164532.964293508393444353.davem@davemloft.net> <20200609101935.5716b3bd@hermes.lan> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.8 on Emacs 26.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Tue, 09 Jun 2020 11:36:37 -0700 (PDT) Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org From: Stephen Hemminger Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2020 10:19:35 -0700 > Yes, words do matter and convey a lot of implied connotation and > meaning. What is your long term plan? Will you change all of the UAPI for bonding for example? Or will we have a partial solution to the problem?