Subject: Re: [net-2.6 PATCH 1/2] net: dcbnl: remove redundant DCB_CAP_DCBX_STATIC bit

From: John Fastabend <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:52:15 -0800

On 1/21/2011 6:35 PM, John Fastabend wrote:
> Remove redundant DCB_CAP_DCBX_STATIC bit in DCB capabilities
> 
> Setting this bit indicates that no embedded DCBx engine is
> present and the hardware can not be configured. This is the
> same as having none of the DCB capability flags set or simply
> not implementing the dcbnl ops at all.
> 
> This patch removes this bit. The bit has not made a stable
> release yet so removing it should not be an issue with
> existing apps.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <[email-masked]>
> CC: Shmulik Ravid <[email-masked]>
> ---
> 

Shmulik, could you ACK this because you added these bits? But
I was adding support for this in lldpad and I see no reason that
we need these?

Thanks,
John.