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Re: [PATCH] IPv6 MIB:ipv6RouterAdvert netlink notification

To: Shirley Ma <xma@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IPv6 MIB:ipv6RouterAdvert netlink notification
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 12:08:35 -0800
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On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 11:41:59 -0800
Shirley Ma <xma@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Does netlink support user-user communication?

Yes, it does.

One thing I want people to keep in mind in these discussions, while I understand
the concerns being addressed and discussed, I think it would be somewhat 
rediculious
for one to be required to go to multiple places just to put a complete ipv6 mib 
together.

For example, a bunch of procfs files, some netlink stuff, and some status files 
emitted
by some userlevel daemon.  This is the situation I'd like to see avoided.

It looks like we can push all of this stuff over netlink, which would be ideal.

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