netdev - Re: [PATCH 06/30] solos: Handle attribute show/store in kernel more sanely

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Date:	Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:44:11 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/30] solos: Handle attribute show/store in kernel more
 sanely

On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:29:15 +0000
David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org> wrote:

> There are still a _lot_ of attributes, but for at least the basic ones
> we want to be able to get/set them from the kernel. Especially the ones
> we want to inform the ATM core about (link state, speed).
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@...el.com>
> ---

Since these are generic, please use some form of netlink for this
instead of sysfs.

Bonding was the first mistake (trying to use sysfs for a transactional API).
Pls don't repeat the mistake.
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