Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Oct 2002 23:17:13 -0400 (EDT) | From | jamal <> | Subject | Re: rtnetlink interface state monitoring problems. |
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On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Tim Hockin wrote:
> > If not, it probably time for someone to write a generic notification > > scheme via netlink. > > How generic? I need to pay some attention to cleaning up the next version > of the link-changes via netlink patch that was discussed last week or the > week before.
The patch posted by Stefan seems good to me and ready to merge.
> > What kind of generic are you thinking about? :) >
netlink is a messaging system; so what i am thinking is creating a event notifier for other devices other than network devices. Something other non-network devices could use (eg bluetooth). Given that netlink packetizes the data, this facilitates a distributed control type of environment.
cheers, jamal
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