On Monday 11 August 2003 14:22, Eble, Dan wrote: > Thanks for the advice. Still, I would like to avoid using the log to > communicate between the driver and a process. What do you think of using a > netlink socket to send a message from the bridge driver? (Once it works, > it could be used for spanning tree control too, as DaveM suggested a while > back for an alternative to ioctl). > > The only problem is I'm not very familiar with netlink sockets. From what > I have heard here, though, it sounds like I have a better chance to make a > netlink socket work properly than to shut down the port from inside the > kernel without causing a panic, deadlock, or memory leak. I'm not familiar with them either. But it looks like that's the best solution for your problem. cheers, Bart
