Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 19:57:57 +0400 From: "Alexander V. Chernikov" <melifaro@FreeBSD.org> To: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: picking a new AF_* number for NETLINK ? Message-ID: <52D95305.6020909@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20140116231902.GA51955@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> References: <20140116231902.GA51955@onelab2.iet.unipi.it>
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On 17.01.2014 03:19, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > In porting the kernel openvswitch code to FreeBSD we > have implemented netlink sockets, so we need to pick a Wow, great! How deep you're planning to go with netlink support? E.g. sockets with NETLINK_GENERIC OVS-related CMDs, or NETLINK_ROUTE (and other families like FW) as well? > number to use for AF_NETLINK/PF_NETLINK in the messages. > > Obviously we'd like ovs to be loadable as a module on existing > kernels, so i wonder if there are any restrictions on what we > can use -- specifically, whether we should make sure that > > AF_NETLINK < AF_MAX > > or that is irrelevant. > > cheers > luigi > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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