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ppp: add netlink support

Guillaume Nault linux-ppp netdev 1 version In review

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  1. v1 Latest2 patches 6 repliesIn review

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1/2ppp: define reusable device creation functionsdrivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c+127 -890 replies
2/2ppp: implement rtnetlink device handlingdrivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c include/uapi/linux/if_link.h+113 -42 replies

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Cover letter [PATCH 0/2] ppp: add netlink support

This series adds netlink support for creating PPP devices.

It doesn't implement any PPP specific attribute beyond IFLA_PPP_DEV_FD, which is necessary in the PPP device model for passing control plane packets to user space.

Guillaume Nault (2):
ppp: define reusable device creation functions
ppp: implement rtnetlink device handling

 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c | 319 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 include/uapi/linux/if_link.h  |   8 ++
 2 files changed, 237 insertions(+), 90 deletions(-)
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