From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: jamal <hadi@cyberus.ca>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: rtnetlink interface state monitoring problems.
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 19:57:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <24818.1035226670@passion.cambridge.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.30.0210210852130.17911-100000@shell.cyberus.ca>
hadi@cyberus.ca said:
> I cant see anything on netlink and irda; i am also not very familiar
> with either IrDA or Bluetooth. Regardless, you dont need to be a net
> device to use netlink.
IrDA devices are network devices. The core network code sends a RTM_NETLINK
message when they go up or down. All is well, and once the permission fix
gets into the kernel I'm using, my irda monitor applet no longer needs to
poll the state of the interface.
But Bluetooth devices are not network devices, it seems. There exists no
current mechanism for notifying anyone of state changes. Should we invent a
new method of notification using netlink, or should Bluetooth interfaces in
fact be normal network devices just like IrDA devices are?
--
dwmw2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-10-21 18:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-10-21 11:18 rtnetlink interface state monitoring problems David Woodhouse
2002-10-21 13:02 ` jamal
2002-10-21 18:57 ` David Woodhouse [this message]
2002-10-23 0:59 ` jamal
2002-10-23 1:44 ` Tim Hockin
2002-10-23 3:17 ` jamal
2002-10-23 19:42 ` Maksim (Max) Krasnyanskiy
2002-10-28 12:35 ` jamal
2002-10-23 19:41 ` Maksim (Max) Krasnyanskiy
2002-10-21 13:46 ` James Morris
2002-10-21 13:48 ` James Morris
2002-10-21 17:01 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-24 3:41 ` [PATCH] " James Morris
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