netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] tun: implement carrier change

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Date:   Thu, 29 Nov 2018 12:06:18 +0100
From:   Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Didier Pallard <didier.pallard@...nd.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tun: implement carrier change

Le 28/11/2018 à 22:48, Andrew Lunn a écrit :
> On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 07:12:56PM +0100, Nicolas Dichtel wrote:
>> The userspace may need to control the carrier state.
> 
> Hi Nicolas
Hi Andrew,

> 
> Could you explain your user case a bit more.
> 
> Are you running a routing daemon on top of the interface, and want it
> to reroute when the carrier goes down?
Sort of, we have a daemon that monitors the app and may re-route the traffic to
a secondary app if needed.


Regards,
Nicolas