Re: [2.6.23 PATCH 13/18] dm: netlink

Matt Mackall
2007-07-12T23:22:28Z

On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 02:27:12PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 22:01:37 +0100
> Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Mike Anderson <andmike@us.ibm.com>
> >
> > This patch adds a dm-netlink skeleton support to the Makefile, and the dm
> > directory.
> >
> > ...
> >
> > +config DM_NETLINK
> > + bool "DM netlink events (EXPERIMENTAL)"
> > + depends on BLK_DEV_DM && EXPERIMENTAL
> > + ---help---
> > + Generate netlink events for DM events.
>
> Need a dependency on NET there?

It's really sad to make DM dependent on the network layer.

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