> > If not, it probably time for someone to write a generic notification
> > scheme via netlink.
>
> How generic? I need to pay some attention to cleaning up the next version
> of the link-changes via netlink patch that was discussed last week or the
> week before.
The patch posted by Stefan seems good to me and ready to merge.
>
> What kind of generic are you thinking about? :)
>
netlink is a messaging system; so what i am thinking is creating
a event notifier for other devices other than network devices.
Something other non-network devices could use (eg bluetooth).
Given that netlink packetizes the data, this facilitates a distributed
control type of environment.
cheers,
jamal
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