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From: Debashis Dutt <debdut@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:16:29 -0700

> However, since the generic netlink is a more generic interface, we could use
> this infrastructure in the driver for commands which are not part of
> other standard tools.

You aren't the only device in the world that might want to provide
a facility to fetch firmware traces.

This isn't really a niche thing specific to your device at all.