From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger-ZtmgI6mnKB3QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche-HInyCGIudOg@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Bernard Metzler <bmt-OA+xvbQnYDHMbYB6QlFGEg@public.gmane.org>,
netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SIW: Module initialization
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 07:02:42 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101006070242.3ca5a6d9@s6510> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTik5=i+A5_OpU0rVyfYi=ibgS9UWMu82vMCmM=PN-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 12:57:21 +0200
Bart Van Assche <bvanassche-HInyCGIudOg@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > + * TODO: Dynamic device management (network device registration/removal).
>
> The current implementation is such that one siw device is created for
> each network device found at kernel module load time. That means that
> you force the user to load the siw kernel module after all other
> kernel modules that register a network device. I'm not sure that's a
> good idea.
Then device should be controlled by a netlink (rtnl_link_ops) style
interface see vlan_netlink.c. Using netlink is extensible and provides
a cleaner interface than all these other parameterization methods.
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-05 6:54 [PATCH] SIW: Module initialization Bernard Metzler
[not found] ` <1286261640-5121-1-git-send-email-bmt-OA+xvbQnYDHMbYB6QlFGEg@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-05 10:57 ` Bart Van Assche
[not found] ` <AANLkTik5=i+A5_OpU0rVyfYi=ibgS9UWMu82vMCmM=PN-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-05 13:12 ` Bernard Metzler
[not found] ` <OFFB26426A.EB2C13FD-ONC12577B3.00488392-C12577B3.004895E4-Xeyd2O9EBijQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-05 16:24 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2010-10-05 22:02 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2010-10-06 14:11 ` Bernard Metzler
2010-10-06 16:06 ` Bart Van Assche
[not found] ` <AANLkTikL6u4Kzd1jibp77GMZfMebxusoDX39dPsNK3RW-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-06 22:26 ` Stephen Hemminger
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