From: Nix <nix@esperi.org.uk>
To: Douglas J Hunley <doug@hunley.homeip.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: stupid question about netlink and 2.6.14 and latest udev
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 12:54:34 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87hda0lwfp.fsf@amaterasu.srvr.nix> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200511231529.55683.doug@hunley.homeip.net> (Douglas J. Hunley's message of "23 Nov 2005 20:36:16 -0000")
On 23 Nov 2005, Douglas J. Hunley said:
> Latest udev says that it requires netlink support in the kernel, however I
> can't find any concrete info on how to enable netlink in 2.6.14+ .. a grep of
> NETLINK in .config doesn't find anything. I saw an option that made reference
> to netlink, but it didn't actually state that it was enabling netlink. What's
> the magic config option? Or how does one check if a running kernel has
> netlink support functional?
If you have network support at all (i.e. CONFIG_NET=y), you have netlink
support. (This has been true for some time.)
--
`Y'know, London's nice at this time of year. If you like your cities
freezing cold and full of surly gits.' --- David Damerell
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2005-11-23 20:29 stupid question about netlink and 2.6.14 and latest udev Douglas J Hunley
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