netdev - Re: [Patch 1/5] Network Drop Monitor: Add netlink protocol identifer

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Date:	Tue, 3 Mar 2009 21:20:06 +0300
From:	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>
To:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch 1/5] Network Drop Monitor: Add netlink protocol identifer

Hi Neil.

On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 12:00:14PM -0500, Neil Horman (nhorman@...driver.com) wrote:
> 
> Network Drop Monitor: Add Netlink protocol identifier
>     
> Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
> 
> 
>  netlink.h |    1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h
> index 1e6bf99..d4ac636 100644
> --- a/include/linux/netlink.h
> +++ b/include/linux/netlink.h
> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
>  /* leave room for NETLINK_DM (DM Events) */
>  #define NETLINK_SCSITRANSPORT	18	/* SCSI Transports */
>  #define NETLINK_ECRYPTFS	19
> +#define NETLINK_DRPMON		20	/* Netork packet drop alerts */
>  
>  #define MAX_LINKS 32		
>  

Why do you want to use own family instead of using existing netlink
helpers like connector or genetlink?

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov
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