Subject: Re: [patch net-next RFC 0/4] introduce infrastructure for support of switch chip datapath

From: Jamal Hadi Salim <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:24:20 -0400

On 03/25/14 17:19, Thomas Graf wrote:

>
> Exactly. This is what I meant as well. No change in tools.
>
> It's not just about changing ip link. We have tons of existing
> applications out there using Netlink and they will expect all ports
> visible if they issue RTM_GETLINK with NLM_F_DUMP.
>

Amen Brother.
Linux is the API.
(Ok, I know i am preaching to the choir ..)

cheers,
jamal