Re: [net-next PATCH v4] net: dummy: Introduce dummy virtual functions

2016-11-24 Thread kbuild test robot
Hi Phil, [auto build test ERROR on net-next/master] url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Phil-Sutter/net-dummy-Introduce-dummy-virtual-functions/20161124-040435 config: x86_64-randconfig-a0-11241529 (attached as .config) compiler: gcc-4.4 (Debian 4.4.7-8) 4.4.7 reproduce: # s

[net-next PATCH v4] net: dummy: Introduce dummy virtual functions

2016-11-23 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