Re: [mpls-linux-general] Netlink Vs ioctl

[James R. L. <jl...@mi...>]

On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 04:13:34PM +0530, jagdish Garg wrote:
> Hi
> In the mpls implementation both netlink and ioctls are used for
> communication with mpls/kernel  code . Is there any specific reason for
> using ioctl for some modification and netlink for others.
> Can any body guide me which is more efficient?

Originally I used ioctl for everything.  Then I switch to using netlink
for everthing execpt for things related to MPLS tunnels.

Now (in mpls-linux-1.1xx) I've moved back to using ioctl for everything.
Netlink is nice, it works, but is a little over kill for what I'm doing.
If I ever need to send notification back to userland about MPLS changes, then
I'll consider netlink again.

> Thanks in advance
> Jagdish Garg
> 
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