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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Subject: Re: iproute2 and libnl3?
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 12:19:52 -0700
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On Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:17:40 -0700
Arvid Brodin <arvid.brodin@xdin.com> wrote:

> Hi Stephen (and others),
> 
> I'm trying to move the functionality from a small user space tool I wrote for 
> listening to HSR Netlink messages into iproute2. The tool uses generic netlink 
> through libnl3. 
> 
> It seems iproute2 uses libnl-1 though:
> 
> iphsr.c:325:6: warning: 'struct nl_sock' declared inside parameter list
> iphsr.c:334:30: error: 'NL_AUTO_PORT' undeclared (first use in this function)
> iphsr.c:341:2: warning: implicit declaration of function 'nl_send_auto'
> iphsr.c:417:2: warning: implicit declaration of function 'genl_ctrl_resolve_grp'
> iphsr.c:424:2: warning: implicit declaration of function 'nl_socket_add_memberships'
> iphsr.c:455:2: warning: implicit declaration of function 'nl_socket_alloc'
> iphsr.c:463:2: warning: implicit declaration of function 'nl_socket_disable_seq_check'
> 
> Are there alternatives to the above functionality in libnl-1, or do I need to 
> implement it myself (copy them from the libnl3 code perhaps)?
> 
> 

Upstream version of iproute does not use libnl.
Any patches to use libnl are rejected. iproute2 has its own internal libnetlink  library.