Hi,
No I have added a new family and new operations using
genl_register_family and genl_register_ops which would fall under
NETLINK_GENERIC.
Since the ID in the family structure is generated dynamically, I
need that ID to interact with my NEW family that I have defined. Do I
have a way of querying the generic netlink interface which would fetch
me the ID for a given family name?
Also, I dont see any API's in the libnl library for generic
netlink operations. Any specific pointers?
Thanks,
Simha.
-----Original Message-----
From: Hagen Paul Pfeifer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 6:23 PM
To: NP, Simha (STSD)
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Generic Netlink Sockets
On 2007.04.10 NP, Simha (STSD) pressed the following keys:
>Hi,
> I wanted to add a new family under NETLINK_GENERIC.
>I have registered the family and the operations in the kernel code. I
>wonder how I will get to know the family id in the user space.
1) netdev is a better place for thinks like that.
2) If I understand you correctly, you didn't use the generic netlink
interface
- you add your own family (after NETLINK_SCSITRANSPORT )!?
If that is true, than you can't utilize an library - you must include
netlink.h in your source code.
On the other side: if you utilize NETLINK_GENERIC, than libnl[1] is
your
friend.
>Thanks,
>simha.
Hagen
PS: often the generic netlink interface is a better choice!
[1] http://people.suug.ch/~tgr/libnl/
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