Re: [PATCH RFC 0/5] net: L2 only interfaces

2015-09-01 Thread Vivien Didelot
Hi Florian, All, On Aug. Tuesday 25 (35) 04:20 PM, Alexei Starovoitov wrote: > On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 03:50:10PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > This patch series implements a L2 only interface concept which basically > > denies > > any kind of IP address configuration on the

Re: [PATCH RFC 0/5] net: L2 only interfaces

2015-08-26 Thread Marcel Holtmann
Hi Florian, This patch series implements a L2 only interface concept which basically denies any kind of IP address configuration on these interfaces, but still allows them to be used as configuration end-points to keep using ethtool and friends. A cleaner approach mi

Re: [PATCH RFC 0/5] net: L2 only interfaces

2015-08-26 Thread Florian Fainelli
On 25/08/15 21:24, Marcel Holtmann wrote: > Hi Dave, > >>> This patch series implements a L2 only interface concept which >>> basically denies any kind of IP address configuration on these >>> interfaces, but still allows them to be used as configuration >>> end-points to keep using ethtool and fr

Re: [PATCH RFC 0/5] net: L2 only interfaces

2015-08-26 Thread Florian Fainelli
On 25/08/15 17:12, David Miller wrote: > From: Florian Fainelli > Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 15:50:10 -0700 > >> This patch series implements a L2 only interface concept which >> basically denies any kind of IP address configuration on these >> interfaces, but still allows them to be used as configur

Re: [PATCH RFC 0/5] net: L2 only interfaces

2015-08-25 Thread Marcel Holtmann
Hi Dave, >> This patch series implements a L2 only interface concept which >> basically denies any kind of IP address configuration on these >> interfaces, but still allows them to be used as configuration >> end-points to keep using ethtool and friends. >> >> A cleaner approach might be to final

Re: [PATCH RFC 0/5] net: L2 only interfaces

2015-08-25 Thread David Miller
From: Florian Fainelli Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 15:50:10 -0700 > This patch series implements a L2 only interface concept which > basically denies any kind of IP address configuration on these > interfaces, but still allows them to be used as configuration > end-points to keep using ethtool and fri

Re: [PATCH RFC 0/5] net: L2 only interfaces

2015-08-25 Thread Sowmini Varadhan
On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 4:52 PM, David Ahern wrote: > The VRF driver can check the device when the enslave request happens. > Will this work correctly if I set up a bonding interface or SVI, and want to put the bond-master or SVI in the vrf (but subsequently want to get, say, timestamp/other-st

Re: [PATCH RFC 0/5] net: L2 only interfaces

2015-08-25 Thread David Ahern
On 8/25/15 4:44 PM, Sowmini Varadhan wrote: On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Florian Fainelli wrote: Hi all, This patch series implements a L2 only interface concept which basically denies any kind of IP address configuration on these interfaces, but still allows them to be used as configurati

Re: [PATCH RFC 0/5] net: L2 only interfaces

2015-08-25 Thread Sowmini Varadhan
On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Florian Fainelli wrote: > Hi all, > > This patch series implements a L2 only interface concept which basically > denies > any kind of IP address configuration on these interfaces, but still allows > them > to be used as configuration end-points to keep using etht

Re: [PATCH RFC 0/5] net: L2 only interfaces

2015-08-25 Thread David Ahern
On 8/25/15 4:20 PM, Alexei Starovoitov wrote: On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 03:50:10PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote: Hi all, This patch series implements a L2 only interface concept which basically denies any kind of IP address configuration on these interfaces, but still allows them to be used as c

Re: [PATCH RFC 0/5] net: L2 only interfaces

2015-08-25 Thread Florian Fainelli
On 25/08/15 16:20, Alexei Starovoitov wrote: > On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 03:50:10PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> This patch series implements a L2 only interface concept which basically >> denies >> any kind of IP address configuration on these interfaces, but still allows >> the

Re: [PATCH RFC 0/5] net: L2 only interfaces

2015-08-25 Thread Florian Fainelli
On 25/08/15 16:24, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Tue, 25 Aug 2015 15:50:10 -0700 > Florian Fainelli wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> This patch series implements a L2 only interface concept which basically >> denies >> any kind of IP address configuration on these interfaces, but still allows >> them

Re: [PATCH RFC 0/5] net: L2 only interfaces

2015-08-25 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Tue, 25 Aug 2015 15:50:10 -0700 Florian Fainelli wrote: > Hi all, > > This patch series implements a L2 only interface concept which basically > denies > any kind of IP address configuration on these interfaces, but still allows > them > to be used as configuration end-points to keep using

Re: [PATCH RFC 0/5] net: L2 only interfaces

2015-08-25 Thread Alexei Starovoitov
On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 03:50:10PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote: > Hi all, > > This patch series implements a L2 only interface concept which basically > denies > any kind of IP address configuration on these interfaces, but still allows > them > to be used as configuration end-points to keep u

[PATCH RFC 0/5] net: L2 only interfaces

2015-08-25 Thread Florian Fainelli
Hi all, This patch series implements a L2 only interface concept which basically denies any kind of IP address configuration on these interfaces, but still allows them to be used as configuration end-points to keep using ethtool and friends. A cleaner approach might be to finally come up with the