Re: namespace support requires network modules to say "GPL"

Ben Greear <[email protected]> writes:

> Ok, but can a netdev at least know what namespace it is in?  I don't
> need this for my module, but it seems very useful knowledge...

Sure.   dev->nd_net
It is a don't care not a don't know, and there should be device
events when it goes in and out of a network namespace.

I don't know if the device gets those or not.

Eric
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