From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: [dm-devel] Updated cluster log patch (take 5) Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 07:42:17 -0400 Message-ID: <20090706114217.GA1679@infradead.org> References: <1244845317.19994.3.camel@hydrogen.msp.redhat.com> <20090613110733.GA7895@infradead.org> <20090620120128.GB22786@bombadil.infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: Christoph Hellwig , device-mapper development , netdev@vger.kernel.org, Jonathan Brassow Return-path: Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([18.85.46.34]:41874 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752629AbZGFLmO (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Jul 2009 07:42:14 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090620120128.GB22786@bombadil.infradead.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 08:01:29AM -0400, Thomas Graf wrote: > > Maye I misremember it, but isn't the connector code strongly deprecated > > in favour of genetlink? > > Use of connector is deprecated, it does not have any advantages over > genetlink while genetlink provides an optional attributes based > protocol interface which allows for messaging protocols to be developed > which can be extended without breaking binary compatibility. It also > features a userspace library which makes development trivial. > > > I guess nobody will force you but use of genetlink is encouraged. Jonathan, I think it's really sad that this got pushed into mainline after the merge window without even replying to this statement of one of our core networking developers.