Return-Path: From: Michael Richardson To: Alexander Aring cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-wpan@vger.kernel.org, linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: netdevice notifier and device private data In-Reply-To: <20180608173455.vrnfvv7dlu4oxwqf@x220t> References: <20180608173455.vrnfvv7dlu4oxwqf@x220t> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2018 15:37:44 -0400 Message-ID: <32763.1528486664@localhost> Sender: linux-bluetooth-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Alexander Aring wrote: Alex> I already see code outside who changed tun netdevice to the Alex> ARPHRD_6LOWPAN type and I suppose they running into this Alex> issue. (Btw: I don't know why somebody wants to changed that Alex> type to ARPHRD_6LOWPAN on tun). so that they can have the kernel do 6lowpan processing, emitting 6lowPAN packets into userspace to be transfered into a radio via some proprietary interface (including, for instance SLIP over USB cable to Contiki or OpenWS= N stack,=20 set up to act as radio only) =2D-=20 ] Never tell me the odds! | ipv6 mesh network= s [=20 ] Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works | network architect= [=20 ] mcr@sandelman.ca http://www.sandelman.ca/ | ruby on rails = [=20 =09 --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQEVAwUBWxrbCICLcPvd0N1lAQKJJwf/Wk66HYbOQi3dDrwU/x2nDr9CA0lSyLRL FLLulloFQ8kFHuT266D5HwktOCy2j8CdCspYH9k+KoRn5BnM+RoLHDQDDY+wwiZ4 vzOY+z1JAzPJVqBtsfAjtl8jFM9QlkpbxqQVRDw2r5hR0thV3RI4GGZ0zIvGWSIK Oo1OOQmTcQLtH2UA1fQqTs/1g9ZNhBPCqmmVbPhUQSPwq9AtJSCuqJV8dw0oZpdq Af9PSwj+fqHtLosajyhnfZxow8ZDCTdcAypsRvtl8jEcTMohYelpbaGb+Ezklwm1 5M3IVyJlki8g4WH0bLFGBzsreNLFVBLlr7iylhuqGcd4XuydP3zlBA== =Xnnk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--