From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ra=FAl_Hern=E1ndez?= Subject: ip monitoring Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:18:35 +0100 Message-ID: <3f847c820901211618p476f3b71kbc994680d4a0a2e8@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.159]:24453 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754569AbZAVASh convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:18:37 -0500 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 19so1958543fgg.17 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:18:35 -0800 (PST) Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi there, Just a quick question regarding ip monitoring: I am trying to develop a user space app which must be aware of changes related to ip management and link status (up, down, this-ip-has-been added,..). So far, I am trying to avoid polling the link/ip to notice these changes as I would like to be notified asynchronously. Is there any API/quick fix for user space apps to get that (I am trying to avoid any kernel development as well) ? Thx! Best regards, Raul -- Los viajes son en la juventud una parte de educaci=F3n y, en la vejez, una parte de experiencia -- Francis Bacon