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Date:   Sat, 10 Jul 2021 17:16:18 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
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> Infrastructure changes must be done as part of the patch that
> needs the new feature bit. It might be that your feature bit is
> not accepted as part of the review cycle, or a better alternative
> is proposed.

Hi Stephan

I agree with what you are saying, but i also think there is no way to
avoid needing more feature bits. So even if the new feature bit itself
is rejected, the code to allow it could be useful.

	  Andrew