netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: linkwatch: send change uevent on link changes

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Message-Id: <20181205.163406.796069116130398225.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Wed, 05 Dec 2018 16:34:06 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     j.witteveen@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: linkwatch: send change uevent on link changes

From: Jouke Witteveen <j.witteveen@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2018 23:38:17 +0100

> Can you elaborate a bit? I may not be aware of the policy you have in
> mind.

When we have a user facing interface to do something, we don't create
another one unless it is absolutely, positively, unavoidable.