Received: by 2002:a25:683:0:0:0:0:0 with SMTP id 125csp814288ybg; Tue, 9 Jun 2020 13:36:42 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyyl3MKao2PUIXnPv89co7sRK1qq4zr5J4YYc0471B1CKsp2DlCiI70XS1iB8Tt0igGC31f X-Received: by 2002:aa7:c541:: with SMTP id s1mr29016525edr.167.1591735002775; Tue, 09 Jun 2020 13:36:42 -0700 (PDT) ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1591735002; cv=none; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; b=eUVsDvxm9dZUtZc+ewaVjK5hEbvxjITt3fU9Geh1NY+3dypvoBqIIi4b03Komp1AdO KoSFXQ5LVvIdh1AvjKyd+ZLFVR3yCg7pXGqXIaiiI7FPmDryhmuD+IA8OxpTZCTLF5+P ZNJ9BIbOzGms/dMAOstQiWMLXkM7iFDDqUovP1WZZS1As8l9vFzVEPrvBcyqqXsnh5bz 0yYwPyC6UgkwSwaYe+DZ8TBs4n/4HdMV6HjvC9K82f2Qi4TY7gvpIDsfexmkJIUq1ZeV dB4UH9rlaHaTdo4/KrqUeMJNgaatY1sBErygvQvgEubd2H87FxFrfyjF7Q4KnilWBOuB z78Q== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; h=list-id:precedence:sender:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version :references:in-reply-to:from:subject:cc:to:message-id:date; bh=IrDIBZahRvnUybgNP040MfX3jUo/nrxtYmx1uZmsQhI=; b=zx4Bk4Uhyur1hLaAZL0lT0Q0+ZVYGw074EU0pn3WthaekR3m9xQSRHfqSLyBKdChoX Q3vgPhl4v7VgIxD1oL4WiRJSQrRtY19hHE9uuI5ikzZU8JFyxvfXApyGis5eXJVVB94G afazTOJFysNuH2xIkzqVYIco49qoPMpoIcfj+hqv8JCHhdF0ejP9B+GIdOVAOvcfCIQS 81HfmftGiGUCkD4nEcIOpThP5aGaale/uTzPkRaiy6aCzy8pZ9bjS2znJYqFbzO0jQrR zc3CluPgiWaSQJs12oRsUdp68KLl71KqCQ4It8Fznk3QInjdRoX4NIZU/102/QZ7APAR zCXw== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Return-Path: Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org. [23.128.96.18]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id ar23si11302683ejc.169.2020.06.09.13.36.19; Tue, 09 Jun 2020 13:36:42 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) client-ip=23.128.96.18; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728535AbgFISgs (ORCPT + 99 others); Tue, 9 Jun 2020 14:36:48 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:48592 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728143AbgFISgr (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Jun 2020 14:36:47 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net (shards.monkeyblade.net [IPv6:2620:137:e000::1:9]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2F35AC05BD1E; Tue, 9 Jun 2020 11:36:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:601:9f00:477::3d5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: davem-davemloft) by shards.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E8ECD1275613D; Tue, 9 Jun 2020 11:36:36 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2020 11:36:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20200609.113633.1866761141966326637.davem@davemloft.net> To: stephen@networkplumber.org Cc: o.rempel@pengutronix.de, andrew@lunn.ch, f.fainelli@gmail.com, hkallweit1@gmail.com, kuba@kernel.org, corbet@lwn.net, mkubecek@suse.cz, linville@tuxdriver.com, david@protonic.nl, kernel@pengutronix.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux@armlinux.org.uk, mkl@pengutronix.de, marex@denx.de, christian.herber@nxp.com, amitc@mellanox.com, petrm@mellanox.com Subject: Re: [PATCH ethtool v1] netlink: add master/slave configuration support From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20200609101935.5716b3bd@hermes.lan> References: <20200607153019.3c8d6650@hermes.lan> <20200607.164532.964293508393444353.davem@davemloft.net> <20200609101935.5716b3bd@hermes.lan> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.8 on Emacs 26.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Tue, 09 Jun 2020 11:36:37 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Stephen Hemminger Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2020 10:19:35 -0700 > Yes, words do matter and convey a lot of implied connotation and > meaning. What is your long term plan? Will you change all of the UAPI for bonding for example? Or will we have a partial solution to the problem?