Oliver Hartkopp wrote: > @Patrick: The changes in dummy.c and ifb.c for the netlink support do > not look very complicated (not even for me ;-))
I have a patch to make it even simpler, it basically needs only the rtnl_link_ops structures initialized with one or two members for devices like dummy and ifb. Will push once we're through the patches I sent recently, until then please use the current interface. > When these changes are > implemented, how do i create/remove my interfaces? Is there any > userspace tool like 'tc' for that? Its "ip". I think I've CCed you or one of your colleagues on the patches, otherwise please check the list. For a device like yours it only needs the patch implementing general RTM_NEWLINK support, unless you want to make the loopback parameter configurable, in which case you would need to add something like iplink_vlan that parses the parameter. BTW, in case the loopback device is required for normal operation it might make sense to create *one* device by default, but four identical devices seems a bit extreme. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
