From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:14:40 -0800 > On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:51:53 +0100 > Marcel Holtmann <marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > It is easier for some applications to deal with text based interfaces > > > like uevent, rather than using netlink to listen for events. > > > > > > Note, this does not deal with network namespaces but that is a generic > > > problem that already exists with kobjects (see rename events). > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx> ... > > do we wanna copy just what ifconfig shows or do we might be a more > > intelligent and have separate variables like RUNNING=1 etc.? > > Was arbitrary choice to just use same flags as existing ifconfig. > What ever feels best I guess... So what do folks want me to do here? Should I put Stephen's latest patch in, or do we want to make some kind of flags change? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hotplug" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html