On Thu, 2012-02-09 at 09:52 -0800, John Fastabend wrote: > >> By netlink_notifier do you mean adding a notifier_block and using atomic_notifier_call_chain() > >> probably in rtnl_notify()? Then drivers could register with the notifier chain with > >> atomic_notifier_chain_register() and receive the events correctly. Or did I miss > >> some notifier chain that already exists? > > > > Yes. that is what I mean. The callbacks you need may or may not already be present. I'll go one step further. This stuff shouldnt be in the kernel at all. The disadvantage is you need a user space app to update the hardware. i.e, the same mechanism should be usable for either a switch embedded in a NIC or a standalone hardware switch (with/out the s/ware bridge presence) cheers, jamal -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
