From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: Add etun driver Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 15:48:01 -0400 Message-ID: <461A9871.2060805@pobox.com> References: <1176136628.8459.34.camel@johannes.berg> <461A70A5.8060607@trash.net> <20070409.114402.45491411.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: David Miller , kaber@trash.net, akpm@linux-foundation.org, dim@openvz.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, johannes@sipsolutions.net, containers@lists.osdl.org, kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru, shemminger@linux-foundation.org, greearb@candelatech.com To: "Eric W. Biederman" Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:57358 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753468AbXDITsR (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Apr 2007 15:48:17 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Eric W. Biederman wrote: > Nor have I seen a rigorous adherence to all new network configuration > using netlink. The wireless code doesn't even seem to really try. Not true: > commit 711e2c33ac9221a419a9e28d05dd78a6a9c5fd4d > Author: Jean Tourrilhes > Date: Wed Feb 22 15:10:56 2006 -0800 > > [PATCH] WE-20 for kernel 2.6.16 > > This is version 20 of the Wireless Extensions. This is the > completion of the RtNetlink work I started early 2004, it enables the > full Wireless Extension API over RtNetlink. Though this is/was pulled, and the upcoming mac80211 configuration interface should have netlink support. This does not discount your other claims about netlink annoyances when used for interface configuration (unreliable, async, etc.), which I tend to agree with. Jeff