From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paul Moore Subject: Re: Generic Netlink HOW-TO based on Jamal's original doc Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:20:10 -0500 Message-ID: <4554A6BA.6040504@hp.com> References: <45541757.90800@hp.com> <45549F8D.7010902@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: hadi@cyberus.ca, tgraf@suug.ch, netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from atlrel9.hp.com ([156.153.255.214]:28379 "EHLO atlrel9.hp.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1946753AbWKJQUM (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:20:12 -0500 To: Stephen Hemminger In-Reply-To: <45549F8D.7010902@osdl.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Stephen Hemminger wrote: > Paul Moore wrote: > >>A couple of months ago I promised Jamal and Thomas I would post some comments to >>Jamal's original genetlink how-to. However, as I started to work on the >>document the diff from the original started to get a little ridiculous so >>instead of posting a patch against Jamal's original how-to I'm just posting the >>revised document in it's entirety. >> >>In the document below I tried to summarize all of the things I learned while >>developing NetLabel. Some of it came from Jamal's document, some the kernel >>code, and some from discussions with Thomas. Hopefully this document will make >>it much easier for others to use genetlink in the future. >> >>If this text below is acceptable to everyone, should this be added to the >>Documentation directory? >> > > Mind if we put a wikified version on http://linux-net.osdl.org? That sounds fine to me, although can we hold off for a little bit so I can collect some more comments? Is the wiki open to anyone, i.e. can I add the document directly, or am I better off just letting you do it? -- paul moore linux security @ hp