> -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:stephen.hemminger@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 11:03 AM > To: Olaf Hering > Cc: Greg KH; apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux- > kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; KY Srinivasan > Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/13] drivers: hv: kvp > > > > On Mon, Jul 02, KY Srinivasan wrote: > > > > > While I toyed with your proposal, I feel it just pushes the problem > > > out of the daemon code - we would still need to write distro > > > specific > > > scripts. If this approach is something that everybody is > > > comfortable > > > with, I can take a stab at implementing that. > > > > Until NetworkManager is feature complete and until every distro is > > using > > NetworkManager per default the kvp_daemon needs distro specific code > > to > > get and set network related settings. > > Doing it with an external script will simplify debugging and changes > > to > > the code. > > Although, Network Manager is a good tool for what it does; > it is not appropriate for every distro. It is overkill > in embedded systems, and it's GUI dependency makes it unmanageable > on servers. Thanks Stephen. I will retain the code that I currently have for the "GET" side and I will implement a script as Olaf suggested that can be distro specific to implement the SET operation. Regards, K. Y _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
