From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: mschiffer@universe-factory.net
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
roopa@cumulusnetworks.com, nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] Implement get_link_ksettings for VXLAN and bridge
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 19:52:30 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191112.195230.1255959947276169668.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1573591594.git.mschiffer@universe-factory.net>
From: Matthias Schiffer <mschiffer@universe-factory.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 22:12:23 +0100
> Mesh routing protocol batman-adv (in particular the new BATMAN_V algorithm)
> uses the link speed reported by get_link_ksettings to determine a path
> metric for wired links. In the mesh framework Gluon [1], we layer VXLAN
> and sometimes bridge interfaces on our Ethernet links.
>
> These patches implement get_link_ksettings for these two interface types.
> While this is obviously not accurate for bridges with multiple active
> ports, it's much better than having no estimate at all (and in the
> particular setup of Gluon, bridges with a single port aren't completely
> uncommon).
>
> [1] https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon
Series applied, thanks.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-11-13 3:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-11-12 21:12 Matthias Schiffer
2019-11-12 21:12 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] vxlan: implement get_link_ksettings ethtool method Matthias Schiffer
2019-11-12 21:12 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] bridge: " Matthias Schiffer
2019-11-13 3:52 ` David Miller [this message]
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