From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Stefan Rompf <srompf@isg.de>
Subject: Re: PATCH idea - netlink and link changes
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 20:17:49 +0200
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Hi,

> > Only one work queue please, not one per device.
> 
> What of two devices that lose link at the same time?  Say a hub or
> switch dies..

one workqueue != losing notifications. The thread is just growing quite
large, best look it up on http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-netdev
or some other archive.

Cheers, Stefan