netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2] ip: require RTM

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Message-ID: <1c0280e4-32b8-48fc-9732-fdf21e21f294@kernel.org>
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2023 16:02:39 -0700
From: David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
To: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] ip: require RTM_NEWLINK

On 12/3/23 11:29 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> The kernel support for creating network devices was added back
> in 2007 and iproute2 has been carrying backward compatability
> support since then. After 16 years, it is enough time to
> drop the code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
> ---
>  ip/iplink.c | 492 ++++------------------------------------------------
>  1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 455 deletions(-)
> 

Agreed. I thought about removing it a couple years ago:

Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>