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Re: [NET]: Device mtu/txqlen/ifmap via rtnetlink.

from [David S. Miller] [Permanent Link][Original]
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [NET]: Device mtu/txqlen/ifmap via rtnetlink.
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 23:33:30 -0700
Cc: tgraf@xxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
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References: <200408260506.i7Q56Ebq022683@hera.kernel.org> <412D832F.2070003@pobox.com>
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On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 02:29:03 -0400
Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Why are new calls to deprecated hook ->set_config() being added?

Because it's the only way to %100 implement ifconfig
using netlink.
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