On 4/22/19 6:33 AM, Tom Herbert wrote: > > > On Sun, Apr 21, 2019, 11:43 PM David Ahern <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > On 4/19/19 4:36 PM, Tom Herbert wrote: > > Add a netlink interface to manage the TX TLV parameters. Managed > > parameters include those for validating and sending TLVs being sent > > such as alignment, TLV ordering, length limits, etc. > > > > Why generic netlink for managing IPv6 extensions? > > > Hi David, > > It allows control over permissions to use specific options. Also, admin > can add TLVs in the system without requiring specific kernel support. > The latter in combination with datagram interfaces made bringing up Path > MTU option at IETF hackathon a breeze (much easier time than FreeBSD > guys were having :-) ). >
Hi Tom: I was asking why can't this be done with rtnetlink? How does the genl interface make this easier / better?
