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Re: [PATCH] Prefix List against 2.5.70 (re-done)

To: davem@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Prefix List against 2.5.70 (re-done)
From: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明 <yoshfuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 13:06:02 +0900 (JST)
Cc: krkumar@xxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, linux-net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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In article <20030627.144752.78715628.davem@xxxxxxxxxx> (at Fri, 27 Jun 2003 
14:47:52 -0700 (PDT)), "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx> says:

>    From: Krishna Kumar <krkumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
>    Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 08:45:19 -0700
> 
>    rtnetlink_rcv_msg() calls dumpit() (via netlink_dump_start) only
>    for those messages for which the last two bits are binary '10'. So
>    I had to use these values. All the other *GET* macros use the same
>    semantics.
> 
> Ok, please retransmit your two patches (2.4.x and 2.5.x) to me
> under seperate cover.  I don't keep a copy around of patches
> I've decided not to apply.

Well...

1. is it okay to have another hook for garbbig prefix list?
   Userspace application can get such information via
   - routing table
   - interface flag

2. is the "managed" flags etc, which is per interface variable, 
   really NEWROUTE information?
   It is NOT L2 thing, but it is per-link information.
   I think it is NEWLINK thing.

What I'm thinking is:

 - fix "ADDRCONF" flag in route information
 - manage / other flags via NEWLINK message
(- No new interface to get prefix itself.)

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