From: Ben Greear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:14:52 -0700
> Patrick McHardy wrote: > > > It would be nice if someone would finally come up with a generic > > interface based on netlink (RTM_NEWLINK) instead of adding yet > > another couple of homegrown interfaces. > > My preference is for ioctls, procfs, or similar that does not > require extra libraries. Ethtool is an ioctl based approach, > so that could potentially be used, though I'm not sure if > that's the right place to put it... I totally disagree. Netlink doesn't require libraries, the libraries just make using it easier. It's a simple protocol sent over a socket, if you include the right headers you can do it all yourself. We shouldn't fail to use our proper core network configuration interface just because it's inconvenient for you. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
