From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Evgeniy Polyakov Subject: Re: [PATCH] [-mm] ACPI: export ACPI events via netlink Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 14:10:59 +0400 Message-ID: <20070522101059.GA2394@2ka.mipt.ru> References: <1179827251.7707.29.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1HPWB1js.1179828300.1901360.samuel@sortiz.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Cc: rui.zhang@intel.com, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, "lenb@kernel.org" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" To: Samuel Ortiz Return-path: Received: from relay.2ka.mipt.ru ([194.85.82.65]:46939 "EHLO 2ka.mipt.ru" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757298AbXEVKMg (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 May 2007 06:12:36 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1HPWB1js.1179828300.1901360.samuel@sortiz.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 10:05:00AM -0000, Samuel Ortiz (samuel@sortiz.org) wrote: > > On 5/22/2007, "Zhang Rui" wrote: > >Index: linux-2.6.22-rc1/include/linux/netlink.h > >=================================================================== > >--- linux-2.6.22-rc1.orig/include/linux/netlink.h 2007-05-21 10:19:00.000000000 +0800 > >+++ linux-2.6.22-rc1/include/linux/netlink.h 2007-05-21 15:26:14.000000000 +0800 > >@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ > > /* leave room for NETLINK_DM (DM Events) */ > > #define NETLINK_SCSITRANSPORT 18 /* SCSI Transports */ > > #define NETLINK_ECRYPTFS 19 > >+#define NETLINK_ACPI_EVENT 20 /* acpi event notifications */ > I think it is recommended to use the generic netlink layer instead of > having everyone adding its own netlink ID. It is possible to allocate your own netlink protocol number, but Samuel is right, it is better to use existing delivery mechanisms like genetlink and connector. > Cheers, > Samuel. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- Evgeniy Polyakov