From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pablo Neira Ayuso Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] gtp: support multiple APN's per GTP endpoint Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 14:42:16 +0100 Message-ID: <20170314134216.GA4170@salvia> References: <20170314112548.24027-1-aschultz@tpip.net> <20170314114538.GC2992@salvia> <2005226672.385248.1489495364893.JavaMail.zimbra@tpip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: laforge , osmocom-net-gprs , netdev , Lionel Gauthier To: Andreas Schultz Return-path: Received: from mail.us.es ([193.147.175.20]:40656 "EHLO mail.us.es" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751837AbdCNNm1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Mar 2017 09:42:27 -0400 Received: from antivirus1-rhel7.int (unknown [192.168.2.11]) by mail.us.es (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54A5BE7B82 for ; Tue, 14 Mar 2017 14:42:24 +0100 (CET) Received: from antivirus1-rhel7.int (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antivirus1-rhel7.int (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45067DA875 for ; Tue, 14 Mar 2017 14:42:24 +0100 (CET) Received: from antivirus1-rhel7.int (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antivirus1-rhel7.int (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EBD7DA87B for ; Tue, 14 Mar 2017 14:42:21 +0100 (CET) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2005226672.385248.1489495364893.JavaMail.zimbra@tpip.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 01:42:44PM +0100, Andreas Schultz wrote: > > It is definitely not acceptable to break the existing API. > > The specific use case of the API that is no longer supported was never used by > anyone. [...] Yes, this was used openggsn and I tested this with a full blown FOSS setup. Yes, a toy thing compared to the proprietary equipment you deal with, but we always started with things like this. > The only supported and documented API for the GTP module is libgtpnl. No, the netlink interface itself if the API. Stopping trying to find a reason to break API, that is a no-go.