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On Mon, 4 May 2026 11:05:55 +0200 Christoph B=C3=B6hmwalder wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 08:35:48AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> >On Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:08:58 +0200 Christoph B=C3=B6hmwalder wrote: =20
> >> But we still need to support the current family via a compat path, and
> >> I would much rather have two YNL-based families than one genl_magic and
> >> one YNL-based. Carrying both sounds like a nightmare.
> >>
> >> So the spec proposed in this series would never actually be used to
> >> generate a userspace client, if that's what you're asking. We would
> >> continue to use the current libgenl-based approach, with some userspace
> >> compat shims to make it work with YNL. Then, when "drbd2" comes along,
> >> we could "do things properly". =20
> >
> >Let's jump to the drbd2 work. =20
>=20
> We have a bit of a chicken-egg situation there.
>=20
> The drbd2 work depends on the DRBD 9 upstreaming series, since the drbd2
> netlink family will use the new DRBD 9 semantics.
> However, the DRBD 9 series depends on the current DRBD module already
> using YNL (or rather, *not* using genl_magic anymore).
>=20
> Our plan is to convert the current family to YNL in-place first, then
> incrementally add the new modern drbd2 family with DRBD 9 semantics in
> another series.
>=20
> How would you prefer to handle the YNL switch? If it makes it easier for
> you, just committing the YNL-generated code without the generator is
> fine for me. The old family is effectively frozen, so that would work.

That could work. Please float a series and CC netdev, we'll review.