why driver_wired doesn't implement netlink_config

Shahar Shitrit shshitrit at nvidia.com
Thu Dec 25 03:20:23 PST 2025


Hello,

I see that wired driver in wpa_supplicant code doesn't implement any
netlink cb.
This results in wired devices do nothing when netlink messages are sent
from the kernel. For example it doesn't perform re-authentication as
expected when physical link change, since there is no cb for RTM_NEWLINK
and it simply returns.
Could I please get a clarification for why wired devices miss this code?

Thank you very much,
Shahar



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