Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v3 0/4] net: Introduce IFF_PROTO_DOWN flag.

2015-04-28 Thread Scott Feldman
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 1:04 PM, Anuradha Karuppiah wrote: > On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Scott Feldman wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 8:39 AM, Anuradha Karuppiah >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Scott Feldman wrote: On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 10:38 AM, w

Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v3 0/4] net: Introduce IFF_PROTO_DOWN flag.

2015-04-28 Thread Anuradha Karuppiah
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Scott Feldman wrote: > On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 8:39 AM, Anuradha Karuppiah > wrote: >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Scott Feldman wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 10:38 AM, wrote: >>> > From: Anuradha Karuppiah >>> > >>> > User space daemons

Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v3 0/4] net: Introduce IFF_PROTO_DOWN flag.

2015-04-28 Thread Scott Feldman
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 8:39 AM, Anuradha Karuppiah wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Scott Feldman wrote: >> >> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 10:38 AM, wrote: >> > From: Anuradha Karuppiah >> > >> > User space daemons can detect errors in the network that need to be >> > notified to th

Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v3 0/4] net: Introduce IFF_PROTO_DOWN flag.

2015-04-28 Thread Anuradha Karuppiah
On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Scott Feldman wrote: > On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 10:38 AM, wrote: >> From: Anuradha Karuppiah >> >> User space daemons can detect errors in the network that need to be >> notified to the switch device drivers. >> >> Drivers can react to this error state by doing

Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v3 0/4] net: Introduce IFF_PROTO_DOWN flag.

2015-04-27 Thread Scott Feldman
On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 10:38 AM, wrote: > From: Anuradha Karuppiah > > User space daemons can detect errors in the network that need to be > notified to the switch device drivers. > > Drivers can react to this error state by doing a phy-down on the > switch-port which would result in a carrier-

[RFC PATCH net-next v3 0/4] net: Introduce IFF_PROTO_DOWN flag.

2015-04-27 Thread anuradhak
From: Anuradha Karuppiah User space daemons can detect errors in the network that need to be notified to the switch device drivers. Drivers can react to this error state by doing a phy-down on the switch-port which would result in a carrier-off locally and on the directly connected switch. Doin