netdev - Re: [PATCH v5 net-next 5/6] ip6tlvs: Add netlink interface

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Message-ID: <7e1001a1-9e57-e7a7-ea65-b6303823f5de@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 21 Apr 2019 21:43:43 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Tom Herbert <tom@...ntonium.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 net-next 5/6] ip6tlvs: Add netlink interface

On 4/19/19 4:36 PM, Tom Herbert wrote:
> Add a netlink interface to manage the TX TLV parameters. Managed
> parameters include those for validating and sending TLVs being sent
> such as alignment, TLV ordering, length limits, etc.
> 

Why generic netlink for managing IPv6 extensions?