On Wed, 28 Feb 2018 08:12:41 +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote:

Yeah, or if you have an older iproute2 package. I would keep the existing
dmesg msgs for now. In the future, when everyone is used to exacks, then
we can remove them.

How do we ensure that this will actually happen in the future? Usually,
when not done right away, such things tend to be forgotten for years or
even forever.

Also, how distant future are we talking about?

Thanks,

 Jiri