Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtnetlink: make SR-IOV VF interface symmetric

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 09:55:36 -0700

On Mon, 17 May 2010 09:07:32 -0700
Chris Wright <[email-masked]> wrote:

> * Williams, Mitch A ([email-masked]) wrote:
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:[email-masked]]
> > >Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 9:00 AM
> > >To: Chris Wright
> > >Cc: [email-masked]; [email-masked]; Williams, Mitch A;
> > >[email-masked]; [email-masked]; [email-masked]
> > >Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtnetlink: make SR-IOV VF interface symmetric
> > >
> > >On Fri, 14 May 2010 20:14:16 -0700
> > >Chris Wright <[email-masked]> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Now we have a set of nested attributes:
> > >>
> > >>   IFLA_VFINFO_LIST (NESTED)
> > >>     IFLA_VF_INFO (NESTED)
> > >>       IFLA_VF_MAC
> > >>       IFLA_VF_VLAN
> > >>       IFLA_VF_TX_RATE
> > >>
> > >> This allows a single set to operate on multiple attributes if desired.
> > >> Among other things, it means a dump can be replayed to set state.
> > >>
> > >> The current interface has yet to be released, so this seems like
> > >> something to consider for 2.6.34.
> > >>
> > >> Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <[email-masked]
> > >> ---
> > >
> > >iproute2 update please?
> > >
> > >Also I would really like documentation on this.
> 
> And a pony? ;-)
> 
> Docs in what form?
> 

The man page for ip.8 already has some pieces from other version.
Just fix them.  I just pushed up a couple of changes.

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