Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030271AbWAMNOn (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jan 2006 08:14:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964965AbWAMNOn (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jan 2006 08:14:43 -0500 Received: from postel.suug.ch ([194.88.212.233]:28106 "EHLO postel.suug.ch") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964774AbWAMNOm (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jan 2006 08:14:42 -0500 Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 14:15:03 +0100 From: Thomas Graf To: Michael Buesch Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: WCONF, netlink based WE replacement. Message-ID: <20060113131503.GA379@postel.suug.ch> References: <200601121824.02892.mbuesch@freenet.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200601121824.02892.mbuesch@freenet.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 870 Lines: 19 * Michael Buesch 2006-01-12 18:24 > This is an attempt to rewrite the Wireless Extensions > userspace API, using netlink sockets. > There should also be a notification API, to inform > userspace for changes (config changes, state changes, etc). > It is not implemented, yet. I'll only comment on the netlink bits and leave the rest to others. I'd highly recommend the use of attributes instead of fixed message structures to allow the interface to be flexible to extensions while staying binary compatible. Another idea might be to use the new generic netlink family to make things a bit easier to use. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/