1*1b481fc3SMaciej Żenczykowski= What is libmnl? = 2*1b481fc3SMaciej Żenczykowski 3*1b481fc3SMaciej Żenczykowskilibmnl is a minimalistic user-space library oriented to Netlink developers. 4*1b481fc3SMaciej ŻenczykowskiThere are a lot of common tasks in parsing, validating, constructing of 5*1b481fc3SMaciej Żenczykowskiboth the Netlink header and TLVs that are repetitive and easy to get wrong. 6*1b481fc3SMaciej ŻenczykowskiThis library aims to provide simple helpers that allows you to re-use code 7*1b481fc3SMaciej Żenczykowskiand to avoid re-inventing the wheel. The main features of this library are: 8*1b481fc3SMaciej Żenczykowski 9*1b481fc3SMaciej Żenczykowski* Small: the shared library requires around 30KB for an x86-based computer. 10*1b481fc3SMaciej Żenczykowski* Simple: this library avoids complexity and elaborated abstractions that 11*1b481fc3SMaciej Żenczykowskitend to hide Netlink details. 12*1b481fc3SMaciej Żenczykowski* Easy to use: the library simplifies the work for Netlink-wise developers. 13*1b481fc3SMaciej ŻenczykowskiIt provides functions to make socket handling, message building, validating, 14*1b481fc3SMaciej Żenczykowskiparsing and sequence tracking, easier. 15*1b481fc3SMaciej Żenczykowski* Easy to re-use: you can use the library to build your own abstraction layer 16*1b481fc3SMaciej Żenczykowskion top of this library. 17*1b481fc3SMaciej Żenczykowski* Decoupling: the interdependency of the main bricks that compose the library 18*1b481fc3SMaciej Żenczykowskiis reduced, i.e. the library provides many helpers, but the programmer is not 19*1b481fc3SMaciej Żenczykowskiforced to use them. 20*1b481fc3SMaciej Żenczykowski 21*1b481fc3SMaciej Żenczykowski= Example files = 22*1b481fc3SMaciej Żenczykowski 23*1b481fc3SMaciej ŻenczykowskiYou can find several example files under examples/ that you can compile by 24*1b481fc3SMaciej Żenczykowskiinvoking `make check'. 25*1b481fc3SMaciej Żenczykowski 26*1b481fc3SMaciej Żenczykowski-- 27*1b481fc3SMaciej Żenczykowski08/sep/2010 28*1b481fc3SMaciej ŻenczykowskiPablo Neira Ayuso <[email protected]> 29