From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "David S. Miller" Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: expose vlan structure to user space Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:55:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20060414.135556.91849056.davem@davemloft.net> References: <4436BB69.3010205@roinet.com> <443FA08A.8040900@roinet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from dsl027-180-168.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.27.180.168]:5593 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965159AbWDNUzn (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:55:43 -0400 To: dacker@roinet.com In-Reply-To: <443FA08A.8040900@roinet.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: David Acker Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 09:15:54 -0400 > David S. Miller wrote: > > I think this really belongs in a portable header file > > in glibc somewhere. > > David, while I can try to work with the glibc folks, I don't understand > how this patch would be different from what if_ether.h exposes to user > space today. Why is one appropriate and the other not? I am not trying > to be a pain; I am just trying to understand the rationale so that I can > explain it to others. Doing stupid things in the past does not equate to being a reason to keep doing so in the future.