On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 02:15:03PM +0100, Thomas Graf wrote:

* Michael Buesch [off-list ref] 2006-01-12 18:24

quoted

This is an attempt to rewrite the Wireless Extensions
userspace API, using netlink sockets.
There should also be a notification API, to inform
userspace for changes (config changes, state changes, etc).
It is not implemented, yet.

I'll only comment on the netlink bits and leave the rest to
others. I'd highly recommend the use of attributes instead
of fixed message structures to allow the interface to be
flexible to extensions while staying binary compatible.

I can only second Thomas' suggestion.  The power and flexibility of the
use of netlink is only really unveiled if you use attributes.   This way
you can easily extend your data structures later on without breaking
compatibility, etc.

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