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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:50:30 +0200 From: Milan Kocian <milon@...cz> To: Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch> Cc: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] ipv6: corrects sended rtnetlink message > > Now I ignore (RTM_DELLINK && ifi_family==AF_INET6) :-). But it's only workaround > > till next change. > > That's also correct, pure netdevice notification will always be sent > with the ifi_family set to AF_UNSPEC. > It's essential property, I missed. Thanks. > > Hard to find it. I can try to look at other routing sw (probably most using it) > > about handling with RTM_DELLINK. > > Howerer when was made change from RTM_NEWLINK to RTM_DELLINK without protests, > > we can try remove message :-) > > I'd give the USAGI software tree a short peek, if there was a specific > reason for adding this notification in the first place, the software is > most probably found in that tree. However I still think that this notitfication is redundant. I tried to look at XORP, bird, USAGI , quagga and to see RTM_DELLINK handling. And imho nobody depends on RTM_DELLINK message from ipv6. regards, -- Milan Kocian - 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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