netdev - Re: help regarding ip address assignment in kernel module

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Message-ID: <45744052.1060008@osdl.org>
Date:	Mon, 04 Dec 2006 07:35:46 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...l.org>
To:	prajakta choudhari <prajaktachoudhari@...il.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: help regarding ip address assignment in kernel module

prajakta choudhari wrote:
> Hi all:
> I am absolutely new to kernel module programming. I have to modify the
> hostap -code such that whenever a network device is registered, it is
> assigned an ip address.
Do it in userspace. Listen for the netlink event that occurs when network
device is registered and send a netlink message to assign an IP address.

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