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Message-Id: <20070821.002058.102575162.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:20:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	milon@...cz
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] ipv6: corrects sended rtnetlink message

From: Milan Kocian <milon@...cz>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:33:22 +0200

> ipv6 sends a RTM_DELLINK netlink message on both events: NETDEV_DOWN,
> NETDEV_UNREGISTER. Corrected by sending RTM_NEWLINK on NETDEV_DOWN event
> and RTM_DELLINK on NETDEV_UNREGISTER event.

Why would we indicate that a new device has appeared on NETDEV_DOWN?

I don't see any sense in saying "RTM_NEWLINK" for a removal, it's
for additions.
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