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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:24:23 -0700 From: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com> To: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> CC: brian.haley@...com, netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [net-next] ipv6: Enable netlink notification for tentative addresses. On 08/26/2010 02:27 PM, David Miller wrote: > From: Ben Greear<greearb@...delatech.com> > Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:19:30 -0700 > >> In our case, we enable IPv6 in user-space, and then we want to get >> some immediate indication that indeed the process is working as >> expected. > > When DAD completes, you'll get a similar indication. > >> In other cases, we want to remove all IPv6 addresses, so if we have >> not even been notified that the IP exists, then we cannot know how >> to delete it. > > You can add a netlink message to accomplish that. This has been > asked for in other contexts as well. > >> We've been running this patch for several years, and it has not >> caused any obvious problems with other tools, so I think it's safe >> enough. > > And your level of exposure compared to upstream is...? :-) > > Anyways, even if it's implemented in an error free way it's still > not necessary the best way to go about this. Ok, lets not worry about this patch any more then. Thanks, Ben -- Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com> Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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