Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 iproute2-next] ip link: add sub-command to view and change DSA master

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 11:36:37 -0700

On Wed, 21 Sep 2022 19:51:05 +0300
Vladimir Oltean <[email-masked]> wrote:

> +.BI master " DEVICE"
> +- change the DSA master (host network interface) responsible for handling the
> +local traffic termination of the given DSA switch user port. The selected
> +interface must be eligible for operating as a DSA master of the switch tree
> +which the DSA user port is a part of. Eligible DSA masters are those interfaces
> +which have an "ethernet" reference towards their firmware node in the firmware
> +description of the platform, or LAG (bond, team) interfaces which contain only
> +such interfaces as their ports.

We still need to find a better name for this.
DSA predates the LF inclusive naming but that doesn't mean it can't be
fixed in user visible commands.