From: David S. Miller Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 21:20:53 +0000 (-0800) Subject: Merge branch 'tipc-next' X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9dce285b70c157754d753203112cfef22770b1f9;p=linux-beck.git Merge branch 'tipc-next' Richard Alpe says: ==================== tipc: new compat layer for the legacy NL API This is a compatibility / transcoding layer for the old netlink API. It relies on the new netlink API to collect data or perform actions (dumpit / doit). The main benefit of this compat layer is that it removes a lot of complex code from the tipc core as only the new API needs to be able harness data or perform actions. I.e. the compat layer isn't concerned with locking or how the internal data-structures look. As long as the new API stays relatively intact the compat layer should be fine. The main challenge in this compat layer is the randomness of the legacy API. Some commands send binary data and some send ASCII data, some are very picky in optimizing there buffer sizes and some just don't care. Most legacy commands put there data in a single TLV (data container) but some segment the data into multiple TLV's. This list of randomness goes on and on.. ==================== Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- 9dce285b70c157754d753203112cfef22770b1f9