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

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Message-ID: <20111024013406.GA24158@shutemov.name>
Date:	Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:34:07 +0300
From:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, kay.sievers@...y.org
Cc:	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 Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 08:49:43PM -0400, David Miller wrote:
> From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:35:58 +0300
> 
> > Is there something fundamental preventing us to have sysfs interface for
> > network configuration?
> 
> Netlink already provides everything sysfs would potentially provide as
> well as event tracking.

Not everything. You still need special utilities to view/change the
configuration.

> udev could just listen to a netlink socket and notice all changes to
> addresses, routes, and device states.

Yes, potentially. I'm not sure if it fits well to udev design.
Kay, any comments?

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov
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