From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Acker Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: expose vlan structure to user space Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:10:59 -0400 Message-ID: <44400FE3.9030507@roinet.com> References: <4436BB69.3010205@roinet.com> <443FA08A.8040900@roinet.com> <20060414.135556.91849056.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from h-64-105-159-118.phlapafg.covad.net ([64.105.159.118]:10684 "HELO roinet.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S965166AbWDNVLA (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:11:00 -0400 To: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: <20060414.135556.91849056.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org David S. Miller wrote: > From: David Acker > Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 09:15:54 -0400 > > >>David S. Miller wrote: >> > I think this really belongs in a portable header file >> > in glibc somewhere. >> >>David, while I can try to work with the glibc folks, I don't understand >>how this patch would be different from what if_ether.h exposes to user >>space today. Why is one appropriate and the other not? I am not trying >>to be a pain; I am just trying to understand the rationale so that I can >>explain it to others. > > > Doing stupid things in the past does not equate to being a reason > to keep doing so in the future. > > Understood. I will see what I can do in glibc land instead. -Ack