From: Jesse Gross <redacted>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:22:02 -0700
Actually, for most of 2.6.x the behavior was somewhat
non-deterministic since it depended on kernel version and the NIC. As
a result, I think we can safely say that this wasn't a particularly
firm interface that we have to be wedded to. Based on overwhelming
feedback, I think the interface in this patch is the preferred one and
what we should stabilize on.
Agreed, and I've applied this patch to net-next, thanks everyone!