Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] ixgbe: Add Data Center Bridging netlink listener for DCB runtime changes.

From: Jeff Garzik <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 07:03:29 -0400

PJ Waskiewicz wrote:
> This patch introduces a new generic netlink subsystem for Data Center
> Bridging, aka DCB.  The interface will allow userspace applications to
> configure the DCB parameters in the driver required to make the technology
> work.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: Auke Kok <[email-masked]>
> ---
> 
>  drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_dcb_nl.c | 1273 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 1273 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

Seems to me we don't want each driver supporting this technology to 
create their own netlink interface...

This seems more appropriate via ethtool, or ethtool-netlink (Thomas Graf 
posted an RFC)

	Jeff