From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" Subject: Re: [RFD] Network configuration data in sysfs Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:24:00 +0300 Message-ID: <20111024042400.GA31344@shutemov.name> References: <20111023233558.GA23264@shutemov.name> <20111023.204943.1509703901636083438.davem@davemloft.net> <20111024013406.GA24158@shutemov.name> <20111023.232416.1038111296509565828.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: kay.sievers@vrfy.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru, jmorris@namei.org, yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org, kaber@trash.net, gregkh@suse.de, gladkov.alexey@gmail.com To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from shutemov.name ([188.40.19.243]:56216 "EHLO shutemov.name" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752653Ab1JXEYB (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:24:01 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20111023.232416.1038111296509565828.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 11:24:16PM -0400, David Miller wrote: > From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" > Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:34:07 +0300 > > > On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 08:49:43PM -0400, David Miller wrote: > >> From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" > >> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:35:58 +0300 > >> > >> > Is there something fundamental preventing us to have sysfs interface for > >> > network configuration? > >> > >> Netlink already provides everything sysfs would potentially provide as > >> well as event tracking. > > > > Not everything. You still need special utilities to view/change the > > configuration. > > You can use netlink to perform any configuration change you want, or > to view any network configuration setting. You need /sbin/ip or similar tool to do this, right? -- Kirill A. Shutemov