From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DAA412F44 for ; Sun, 3 Dec 2023 23:02:40 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="RdU4r5v0" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 40E5BC433C9; Sun, 3 Dec 2023 23:02:40 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1701644560; bh=fhOsUemmIbNXrTHBuWXjhr0W7vN06ha4zou0HHZQi8M=; h=Date:Subject:To:References:From:In-Reply-To:From; b=RdU4r5v0XpuxgX9YQ5fo9Q/R8jBcSCpH7C2c30alhCnCARZ9mGRd0WCNnj4pBJ/ow gSEhtHBq8VP/pUs/zDhKEHvGlD01XJbBiFe1iNoIOKbhXe3a+DUDRrifh6qejJLhFV Gl1SplD+MHopqlpaGJUKWWxYD5NVKNoJGPjlrHtzCLnyaj6lLGVFpBZGLvE3abQVak Pnf2jKfAEymXJjE+JnqVhu6oqjXVDK+8W0QEJXbGRLUtn7lWBvkVx/49KDwc+iBhW2 ycEQAY1PErubzo8wTiZojdi8xOIMXXoH5ox5i+wgYc291UYVY7I4/9UInCG9tDXv3m UAjkmYjxOpi+A== Message-ID: <1c0280e4-32b8-48fc-9732-fdf21e21f294@kernel.org> Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2023 16:02:39 -0700 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] ip: require RTM_NEWLINK To: Stephen Hemminger , netdev@vger.kernel.org References: <20231203182929.9559-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> Content-Language: en-US From: David Ahern In-Reply-To: <20231203182929.9559-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 12/3/23 11:29 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > The kernel support for creating network devices was added back > in 2007 and iproute2 has been carrying backward compatability > support since then. After 16 years, it is enough time to > drop the code. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger > --- > ip/iplink.c | 492 ++++------------------------------------------------ > 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 455 deletions(-) > Agreed. I thought about removing it a couple years ago: Reviewed-by: David Ahern