From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Friesen Subject: Re: how to report network device errors to userspace? Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 17:50:28 -0400 Sender: owner-netdev@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: <3D10FCA4.4CDD78E9@nortelnetworks.com> References: <3D10F552.C05ADD53@nortelnetworks.com> <20020619233659.A7368@wotan.suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Andi Kleen , Donald Becker , netdev@oss.sgi.com Return-path: To: Jes Sorensen List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Jes Sorensen wrote: > Hmmm, the broader issue here is that we should aim for a generic > interface - if netlink is the way, maybe it would be worth documenting > it and moving towards getting it into more/all drivers. I agree with this. Also, if we're going to make it generic, lets plan on using it for stuff other than just ethernet--I'd like to have it available for atm/sonet cards as well. Chris -- Chris Friesen | MailStop: 043/33/F10 Nortel Networks | work: (613) 765-0557 3500 Carling Avenue | fax: (613) 765-2986 Nepean, ON K2H 8E9 Canada | email: cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com