Subject: Re: PATCH idea - netlink and link changes

From: Tim Hockin <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 11:07:53 -0700

jamal wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 12 Oct 2002, Stefan Rompf wrote:
> 
> 
>>IMHO we should merge the patches, taking your one workqueue per device
>>approach and my usage of IFF_RUNNING as a mirror bit. What do other
>>netdev people think?
>>
> Only one work queue please, not one per device.

What of two devices that lose link at the same time?  Say a hub or 
switch dies..

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Tim Hockin
Systems Software Engineer
Sun Microsystems, Linux Kernel Engineering
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