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Message-Id: <1192536528.4480.65.camel@localhost> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:08:47 -0400 From: jamal <hadi@...erus.ca> To: panther@...abit.hu Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Resend: [IPROUTE2 PATCH] Interface group as new ip link option On Tue, 2007-16-10 at 13:47 +0200, Laszlo Attila Toth wrote: > Hm, the main problem (for me) is that it requires more then one value > per net device and it should be limited. But if I say it is 5 for > instance, anyone can say it is not enough for him. Yes, those pesky humans, you give them an inch and they want a mile ;-> I think 32 for example is better than 1. So if you use a u32 variable doesnt pollute the netdevice that much - and used as a bitmap, then setting any of the 32 bits implies the device is in that group. This of course limits the group ids to be (1..32). Your mileage may vary. > ip link set ppp0 group 10 > also if "ip link set..." works for multiple interfaces it is already > done. If it is not, it will affect positively all other settings :) nice. The part that is not very useful today with ifconfig or ip link ls is i have only two choices: Either i ask for all devices or for one; i cant ask for something in the middle. If i can group them together then i can solve that problem sith some user space plumbing (which avoids 10K netlink messages). "get ppp*" may actually be a totally separate call which also traverses the list in the kernel and just returns the matching devices. cheers, jamal - 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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