On Thu, 04 May 2017 10:41:03 -0400 (EDT) David Miller <da...@davemloft.net> wrote:
> From: David Ahern <dsah...@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 08:27:35 -0600 > > > On 5/4/17 3:36 AM, Daniel Borkmann wrote: > >> What is the clear benefit/rationale of outsourcing this to > >> libmnl? I always was the impression we should strive for as little > >> dependencies as possible? > > > > +1 > > Agreed, all else being equal iproute2 should be as self contained > as possible since it is such a fundamental tool. Sorry, the old netlink code is more difficult to understand than libmnl. Having dependency on a library is not a problem. There already is an alternative implementation of ip commands in busybox for those people trying to work in small environments.
