Re: [net-next PATCH v7] net: dummy: Introduce dummy virtual functions

2017-01-24 Thread David Miller
From: Phil Sutter Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 12:17:33 +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

[net-next PATCH v7] net: dummy: Introduce dummy virtual functions

2017-01-23 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