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Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 14:43:42 +0100
From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: Jyotheeswara Rao Kurma <jyotheeswara.rao@wipro.com>
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Subject: Re: netlink socket help
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On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 04:10:58PM +0500, Jyotheeswara Rao Kurma wrote:
> 
> > > How to get kernel route table ( not cache ) into user space , using
> > > netlink sockets, i tried with NLM_F_ROOT option. but it is 
> > giving the 
> > > route cache . 
> > 
> > Don't set the RTM_F_CLONED flag in the request.
> > 
> 
>   But still getting entries more than what route/netstat  command is 
>   showing.  Any thing else ? 

route/netsta don't show the whole picture. they are just for compatibility
and just show what can be expressed in the old ioctls. The in kernel
routing table is more rich. 


-Andi