Re: [net-next PATCH] net: dummy: Introduce dummy virtual functions

2016-11-11 Thread kbuild test robot
Hi Phil, [auto build test ERROR on net-next/master] url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Phil-Sutter/net-dummy-Introduce-dummy-virtual-functions/20161112-013558 config: m68k-sun3_defconfig (attached as .config) compiler: m68k-linux-gcc (GCC) 4.9.0 reproduce: wget https://git

Re: [net-next PATCH] net: dummy: Introduce dummy virtual functions

2016-11-11 Thread kbuild test robot
Hi Phil, [auto build test ERROR on net-next/master] url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Phil-Sutter/net-dummy-Introduce-dummy-virtual-functions/20161112-013558 config: xtensa-common_defconfig (attached as .config) compiler: xtensa-linux-gcc (GCC) 4.9.0 reproduce: wget https

[net-next PATCH] net: dummy: Introduce dummy virtual functions

2016-11-11 Thread Phil Sutter
The idea for this was born when testing VF support in iproute2 which was impeded by hardware requirements. In fact, not every VF-capable hardware driver implements all netdev ops, so testing the interface is still hard to do even with a well-sorted hardware shelf. To overcome this and allow for te