From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754026AbcALUtS (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jan 2016 15:49:18 -0500 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:53897 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752537AbcALUtQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jan 2016 15:49:16 -0500 Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 15:49:14 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20160112.154914.397367508465928770.davem@davemloft.net> To: lkundrak@v3.sk Cc: jay.vosburgh@canonical.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, vfalico@gmail.com, gospo@cumulusnetworks.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] bonding: make device count build-time configurable From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <1452619189.18559.83.camel@v3.sk> References: <1452599916-27511-1-git-send-email-lkundrak@v3.sk> <8166.1452616452@famine> <1452619189.18559.83.camel@v3.sk> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.7 on Emacs 24.5 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Tue, 12 Jan 2016 12:49:16 -0800 (PST) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Lubomir Rintel Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:19:49 +0100 > It's still an improvement to let the distributions decide if they're > keeping "ip link add" broken or possibly affecting the scripts. That it is "broken" is your opinion. Document the behavior. It is not broken if the user is told to be mindful of what devices are created by default. There is way too much downside to changing this.