From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Randy.Dunlap" Subject: Re: [DOC]: generic netlink Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 10:50:28 -0700 Message-ID: <20060713105028.b262b95e.rdunlap@xenotime.net> References: <1150724482.5815.48.camel@jzny2> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, tgraf@suug.ch, jlan@engr.sgi.com, nagar@watson.ibm.com, per.liden@ericsson.com Return-path: Received: from xenotime.net ([66.160.160.81]:26274 "HELO xenotime.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S964776AbWGMRrn (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Jul 2006 13:47:43 -0400 Received: from midway.site ([71.117.253.75]) by xenotime.net for ; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 10:47:39 -0700 To: hadi@cyberus.ca In-Reply-To: <1150724482.5815.48.camel@jzny2> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 09:41:22 -0400 jamal wrote: > > Folks, > > Attached is a document that should help people wishing to use generic > netlink interface. It is a WIP so a lot more to go if i see interest. Hi, I have a few random questions about gen-netlink. 1. Provider IDs (numbers) and names must be unique. Does this affect virtualization in any way or is it just transparent? 2. Is (generic) netlink meant (expected, OK) to be used for non-networking ioctl/sysfs replacements? Thanks, --- ~Randy