[Bridge] Re: [RFC] bridge kernel API change

David S. Miller davem at redhat.com
Thu Feb 12 12:05:45 PST 2004


On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 15:07:06 -0800 (PST)
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger at osdl.org> wrote:

> Here is what I am thinking.
> 
> get version 		 - not needed?

Don't do this, it makes it tempting to use the version to make incompatible
ABI changes.

> add bridge		 - SIOCBR_ADD_BRIDGE
> del bridge		 - SIOCBR_DEL_BRIDGE
> add if		 - SIOCBR_ADD_IF
> delete if		 - SIOCBR_DEL_IF
 ...
> Other alternatives:
>  - Use just ioctl's
>  - Use just /proc (ugh) or sysctl's (double ugh)

The mix of ioctls and /sys looks fine.  I also have no strong preference for
this vs. the BSD ioctls you mentioned in a later mail.



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