Re: Getting details about an 802.1q VLAN interface from userspace

[jamal <hadi@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I think these should be new attributes to RTM_*LINK.
No need to define a new message.

cheers,
jamal

On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, David S. Miller wrote:

>    From: Will Jhun <wjhun@xxxxxxxxx>
>    Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 14:39:21 -0800
>
>    Is there a better way to get this information via netlink or some
>    ioctl()? Would it be useful if I (or someone) added an ioctl() type to
>    get information about a VLAN interface? (vlan, ifindex of trunking
>    (real_dev) interface, priority maps; basically the content of struct
>    vlan_dev_info)
>
> I would accept new netlink interfaces to get and set this
> information.  ioctls are gross and will not be tolerated :)
>
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