Re: [RESEND net-next PATCH v5] net: dummy: Introduce dummy virtual functions

2017-01-04 Thread Phil Sutter
On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 02:09:14PM -0500, David Miller wrote: > From: Phil Sutter > Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 14:44:06 +0100 > > > The idea for this was born when testing VF support in iproute2 which was > > impeded by hardware requirements. In fact, not every VF-capable hardware > > driver implemen

Re: [RESEND net-next PATCH v5] net: dummy: Introduce dummy virtual functions

2017-01-04 Thread David Miller
From: Phil Sutter Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 14:44:06 +0100 > The idea for this was born when testing VF support in iproute2 which was > impeded by hardware requirements. In fact, not every VF-capable hardware > driver implements all netdev ops, so testing the interface is still hard > to do even wit

[RESEND net-next PATCH v5] net: dummy: Introduce dummy virtual functions

2017-01-04 Thread Phil Sutter
The idea for this was born when testing VF support in iproute2 which was impeded by hardware requirements. In fact, not every VF-capable hardware driver implements all netdev ops, so testing the interface is still hard to do even with a well-sorted hardware shelf. To overcome this and allow for te