From: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
To: jt@hpl.hp.com
Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6 NET] Device name changing via rtnetlink
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 22:43:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040910204348.GL20088@postel.suug.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040910203203.GA17078@bougret.hpl.hp.com>
* Jean Tourrilhes <20040910203203.GA17078@bougret.hpl.hp.com> 2004-09-10 13:32
> On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 10:22:35PM +0200, Thomas Graf wrote:
> >
> > 2) Implement NETDEV_CHANGE, I was actually about to implement this
> > but it's not directly related to this change and requires the same
> > effort by the user space application has refetching the link list.
>
> Do you have any info on NETDEV_CHANGE, I've got a potential
> use for it.
> (By the way, there are other ways to do it, but if
> NETDEV_CHANGE is the proposed standard, I might as well use it).
Currently call_netdevice_notifiers is called and sends out a
RTM_NEWLINK message with the new interface name to everyone
wanting to be notified. However, ifi_change is kept to 0
so far, which means you have to look what has changed yourself. I'm
not sure if this can be changed without too much troubles but
I will look into it.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-09-10 20:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-09-10 19:50 [PATCH 2.6 NET] Device name changing via rtnetlink Jean Tourrilhes
2004-09-10 20:06 ` Thomas Graf
2004-09-10 20:13 ` Jean Tourrilhes
2004-09-10 20:22 ` Thomas Graf
2004-09-10 20:31 ` jamal
2004-09-10 20:32 ` Jean Tourrilhes
2004-09-10 20:43 ` Thomas Graf [this message]
2004-09-10 22:58 ` jamal
2004-09-10 23:17 ` Thomas Graf
2004-09-11 2:01 ` jamal
2004-09-11 13:44 ` Thomas Graf
2004-09-11 19:59 ` jamal
2004-09-11 22:06 ` Thomas Graf
2004-09-12 17:27 ` jamal
2004-09-13 0:20 ` David S. Miller
2004-09-10 23:04 ` David S. Miller
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-09-10 13:36 Thomas Graf
2004-09-10 14:00 ` YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2004-09-10 14:28 ` Thomas Graf
2004-09-10 14:31 ` YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
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