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Message-Id: <20070712.032727.07453420.davem@davemloft.net> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 03:27:27 -0700 (PDT) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: johnpol@....mipt.ru Cc: andmike@...ibm.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, agk@...hat.com, dm-devel@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6.23 PATCH 13/18] dm: netlink From: Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:10:29 +0400 > On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 04:37:36PM -0700, Mike Anderson (andmike@...ibm.com) wrote: > > > > --- linux.orig/include/linux/netlink.h 2007-07-11 21:37:31.000000000 +0100 > > > > +++ linux/include/linux/netlink.h 2007-07-11 21:37:50.000000000 +0100 > > > > @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ > > > > #define NETLINK_DNRTMSG 14 /* DECnet routing messages */ > > > > #define NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT 15 /* Kernel messages to userspace */ > > > > #define NETLINK_GENERIC 16 > > > > -/* leave room for NETLINK_DM (DM Events) */ > > > > +#define NETLINK_DM 17 /* Device Mapper */ > > > > #define NETLINK_SCSITRANSPORT 18 /* SCSI Transports */ > > > > #define NETLINK_ECRYPTFS 19 > > > > > > Have the net guys checked this? > > > > No. The support is a derivative of the netlink support in > > scsi_transport_iscsi.c. > > I'm not sure about all net guys, but the first question rised after > reading this - why do you want special netlink family and do not want to > use interfaces created on top of - like connector and genetlink? I agree, there is really no reason to not at least use genetlink. - 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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