lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2024]   [Apr]   [2]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [PATCH net-next] net: create a dummy net_device allocator
On Tue, 2 Apr 2024 21:01:55 +0300 Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
>
> Exciting read for people who remember this conversation:
> """
> > I prefer to see some new wrapper over plain alloc_netdev, which will
> > create this dummy netdevice. For example, alloc_dummy_netdev(...).
>
> Nope, no bona fide APIs for hacky uses.
> """
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rdma/20240311112532.71f1cb35@kernel.org/

Still my preference, but there's only so many hours in the day
to keep explaining things. I'd rather we made some progress.

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2024-04-02 20:18    [W:0.157 / U:0.284 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site