Re: [PATCH net-next v2] rtnetlink: add support for protodown reason

2020-07-31 Thread David Miller
From: Roopa Prabhu Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2020 17:34:01 -0700 > From: Roopa Prabhu > > netdev protodown is a mechanism that allows protocols to > hold an interface down. It was initially introduced in > the kernel to hold links down by a multihoming protocol. > There was also an attempt to introduce

[PATCH net-next v2] rtnetlink: add support for protodown reason

2020-07-31 Thread Roopa Prabhu
From: Roopa Prabhu netdev protodown is a mechanism that allows protocols to hold an interface down. It was initially introduced in the kernel to hold links down by a multihoming protocol. There was also an attempt to introduce protodown reason at the time but was rejected. protodown and protodown