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From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
To: Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] net/netlink/: possible cleanups
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:19:46 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060418141946.GC11582@stusta.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060414105610.GA18149@2ka.mipt.ru>

On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 02:56:12PM +0400, Evgeniy Polyakov wrote:
>...
> Although it is always statically built systems, it is still very
> convenient way of netlink usage for others (future modular systems).

I do understand Dave's "new API, users are expected soon" point.

OTOH, we also have to always check whether users are expected soon (and 
recheck whether there are really users after some time) since every 
single export makes the kernel larger for nearly everyone.

> 	Evgeniy Polyakov

cu
Adrian

-- 

       "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out
        of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
       "Only a promise," Lao Er said.
                                       Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed


  reply	other threads:[~2006-04-18 14:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-04-13 16:27 [RFC: 2.6 patch] net/netlink/: possible cleanups Adrian Bunk
2006-04-13 20:26 ` David S. Miller
2006-04-14 10:32   ` Adrian Bunk
2006-04-14 10:56     ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-04-18 14:19       ` Adrian Bunk [this message]
2006-04-18 18:48         ` Alan Cox
2006-04-18 19:09           ` Adrian Bunk
2006-04-19  0:02   ` Philip Craig

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