On Thu, 16 Jun 2022 09:00:08 -0400 Alexander Aring wrote: > > > I want to spread around that I started to work on some overdue > > > implementation, a netlink 6lowpan configuration interface, because > > > rtnetlink is not enough... it's for configuring very specific 6lowpan > > > device settings. > > > > Great, looking forward to it! > > I would like to trigger a discussion about rtnetlink or generic. I can > put a nested rtnetlink for some device specific settings but then the > whole iproute2 (as it's currently is) would maintain a specific > 6lowpan setting which maybe the user never wants... > I think we should follow this way when there is a strict ipv6 device > specific setting e.g. l2 neighbor information in ipv6 ndisc. Unless you'll have to repeat attributes which are already present in rtnetlink in an obvious way genetlink > rtnetlink.
