Re: Requesting DLT_* values for Ethernet switches proprietary tagging protocol

[Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli () gmail com>]

On 1/18/19 6:13 AM, Michael Richardson wrote:
> Guy Harris <gharris () sonic net> wrote:
>     >> OK, then requesting 10 DLT values, one per-tag is reasonable?
>
>     > Yes.
>
> This is totally how it should be done.
>
> Guy, do we want to allocate 16 or 32 values, aligned, so that the
> it be can DLT_TAG_BASE + DSA_TAG_xx maps?  Are the kernel values stable?
> And to leave room for growth.

The kernel values are stable because they are now (as of 4.19) part of
the sysfs attribute ABI. Having a base to offset from would ne neat.
-- 
Florian
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