Re: [E1000-eedc] [PATCH 16/17] lldpad support for libvirt netlink message

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Jens Osterkamp wrote:
> This code receives a IEEE 802.1Qbg virtual station instance from libvirt in
> a SETLINK message. The parsed VSI is then handed over to VDP for processing.
> The VDP state machine processes the VSI while libvirt polls the result using
> GETLINK.
> 
> Requires at least Linux kernel 2.6.35-rc1.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jens Osterkamp <jens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Gerhard Stenzel <gstenzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  event_iface.c |  617 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  lldp_vdp.c    |    2 +-
>  lldpad.c      |   10 +
>  3 files changed, 622 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 

Jens,

Can you explain why this interface is needed?  There is already a kernel 
interface for this how come libvirt and lldpad can not use the kernel interface?

Thanks,
John.
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