[clearview-discuss] 2007/527 Addendum for Clearview Vanity Naming and Nemo Unification

[Kais Belgaied]

Cathy Zhou wrote:
> John Plocher wrote:
>> Kais Belgaied wrote:
>>> Ah! in this case, it seems just an internal interface between Nemo 
>>> and itself. If that's true then it's an implemetnation choice and 
>>> shouldn't be
>>> exposed to device driver writers as part of the MAC_CAPAB* interface 
>>> maturing to soon become committed, and the case can just be 
>>> withdrawn as it turns out to be below the radar for an ARC review.
>>
>>
>> Probably better to change it to closed approved automatic - the project
>> isn't being withdrawn, it /is/ going into the product, it just doesn't
>> need the ARCs to do anything formal along the way :-)
>>
> Please be noted that other than the MAC_CAPAB_NO_NATIVEVLAN interface, 
> this case also proposed other interfaces (DLIOCMARGININFO ioctl, 
> m_margin etc.) that would be exposed to the device drivers.

noted. The DLIOCMARGININFOand the gldm_margin field in gld_mac_info_t 
(from a an existing reserved field)
seemed non controversial to me.

    Kais

>
> Thanks
> - Cathy
>