Re: [GENL]: Provide more information to userspace about registered genl families

2006-09-18 Thread David Miller
From: Thomas Graf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:21:29 +0200 > Additionaly exports the following information when providing > the list of registered generic netlink families: > - protocol version > - header size > - maximum number of attributes > - list of available operatio

Re: [GENL]: Provide more information to userspace about registered genl families

2006-09-03 Thread Johannes Berg
jamal wrote: > Could you point me to it? I can look at it over the weekend. I posted it here on netdev, look for nl80211. > It may be we need to add another feature to genl to accomodate this. > Example by setting a flag to indicate supportability. However, it does > sound like this is something

Re: [GENL]: Provide more information to userspace about registered genl families

2006-09-01 Thread jamal
On Fri, 2006-01-09 at 14:25 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 08:22 -0400, jamal wrote: > > > Sorry, I havent had time to look at that code (is it in Daves tree?); > > No, it's not in any tree yet. > Could you point me to it? I can look at it over the weekend. > > if > > i

Re: [GENL]: Provide more information to userspace about registered genl families

2006-09-01 Thread Johannes Berg
On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 08:22 -0400, jamal wrote: > Seems you may be talking about capabilities more than filtering? yes, I had sort of thought filtering would be that, but now that you say it I get the point :) > Sorry, I havent had time to look at that code (is it in Daves tree?); No, it's not

Re: [GENL]: Provide more information to userspace about registered genl families

2006-08-31 Thread Johannes Berg
On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 17:46 -0400, jamal wrote: > I think it would be valuable to specify a set of flags for filtering > what gets sent to user space instead of unconditionally. > > Example, > filter level 0: > - what we have before your patch > filter level 1: > - protocol version > - hea

Re: [GENL]: Provide more information to userspace about registered genl families

2006-08-31 Thread jamal
Useful stuff. There are things along these lines that i have been contemplating myself. I think it would be valuable to specify a set of flags for filtering what gets sent to user space instead of unconditionally. Example, filter level 0: - what we have before your patch filter level 1: - p

[GENL]: Provide more information to userspace about registered genl families

2006-08-31 Thread Thomas Graf
Additionaly exports the following information when providing the list of registered generic netlink families: - protocol version - header size - maximum number of attributes - list of available operations including - id - flags - avaiability of policy and doit/dumpit funct