netdev - Re: [RFD] Network configuration data in sysfs

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Date:	Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:46:49 +0200
From:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	kirill@...temov.name, netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru,
	jmorris@...ei.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kaber@...sh.net,
	gregkh@...e.de, gladkov.alexey@...il.com
Subject: Re: [RFD] Network configuration data in sysfs

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 06:59, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:24:00 +0300
>
>> On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 11:24:16PM -0400, David Miller wrote:
>>> From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
>>> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:34:07 +0300
>>>
>>> You can use netlink to perform any configuration change you want, or
>>> to view any network configuration setting.
>>
>> You need /sbin/ip or similar tool to do this, right?
>
> I'm talking about udev using netlink natively.

Kirill, what exactly is the use case? And why what does udev support
mean in that context?

I doubt that "not having /sbin/ip installed" should be a reason to add
and expose complex interfaces in /sys, while we already have a
perfectly working native way to do it.

Kay
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