netdev - Re: [RFC net-next 0/4] ynl: YAML netlink protocol descriptions

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Message-ID: <20220811124244.37a66b98@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 11 Aug 2022 12:42:44 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     sdf@...gle.com
Cc:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
        pabeni@...hat.com, jacob.e.keller@...el.com, vadfed@...com,
        johannes@...solutions.net, jiri@...nulli.us, dsahern@...nel.org,
        fw@...len.de, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [RFC net-next 0/4] ynl: YAML netlink protocol descriptions

On Thu, 11 Aug 2022 09:28:45 -0700 sdf@...gle.com wrote:
> Putting it into iproute2 will make it carry a 'networking' badge on it
> meaning no other subsystem would look into it.

Good point.

> I'd rather make netlink more generic (s/netlink/kernelink/?) and remove
> CONFIG_NET dependency to address https://lwn.net/Articles/897202/

I think people just use that as an excuse, TBH.