From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] netdev: generate kobject uevent on network state transitions Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:09:43 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20081125.010943.205685748.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20081124150347.73050f98@extreme> <20081124201440.0e4d61cc@extreme> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: marcel@holtmann.org, bhutchings@solarflare.com, kay.sievers@vrfy.org, linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: shemminger@vyatta.com Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20081124201440.0e4d61cc@extreme> Sender: linux-hotplug-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Stephen Hemminger Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:14:40 -0800 > On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:51:53 +0100 > Marcel Holtmann wrote: > > > > It is easier for some applications to deal with text based interfaces > > > like uevent, rather than using netlink to listen for events. > > > > > > Note, this does not deal with network namespaces but that is a generic > > > problem that already exists with kobjects (see rename events). > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger ... > > do we wanna copy just what ifconfig shows or do we might be a more > > intelligent and have separate variables like RUNNING=1 etc.? > > Was arbitrary choice to just use same flags as existing ifconfig. > What ever feels best I guess... So what do folks want me to do here? Should I put Stephen's latest patch in, or do we want to make some kind of flags change?