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Subject: Re: [RFC net-next 0/4] ynl: YAML netlink protocol descriptions
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On Thu, 11 Aug 2022 09:28:45 -0700 sdf@google.com wrote:
> Putting it into iproute2 will make it carry a 'networking' badge on it
> meaning no other subsystem would look into it.

Good point.

> I'd rather make netlink more generic (s/netlink/kernelink/?) and remove
> CONFIG_NET dependency to address https://lwn.net/Articles/897202/

I think people just use that as an excuse, TBH.