Re: Netlink sockets problem in Fedora Core 8 2.6.23.1-42 Kernel

Hello ,

Netlink Support has been withdrawn in 2.6.23 . I had checked kernel
configuration file , "make menuconfig" , I could not find netlink
installed. Is there any way to introduce the netlink support in the
new kernel , is this advisable?
OR
should I revert back to 2.6.11?

On Apr 22, 12:48 am, Chris Cox <ccox_nopenott...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
kartik saxena wrote:
Hello ,

I am compiling a module for User - kernel interaction using netlink
sockets , I have my code ready , which ran on 2.4 series of kernels
about 2 years back.

i have to do the same for 2.6.XX series , i have the latest fedore 8
2.6.23 kernel .
The user space code compiled well , the kernel module is giving
trouble. with the following errors.

error : 'struct netlink_skb_parms' has no member named 'groups'
error : 'struct netlink_skb_parms' has no member named 'dst_pid'
error : 'struct netlink_skb_parms' has no member named 'dst_groups'

though this structure is well defined in netlink.h.  The macro
NETLINK_CB (skb) is also well defined.

anybody here used netlink sockets on a 2.6.x.x machine?

Not directly... but udev communicates using netlink.  Maybe you
can take a look at its source (?).- Hide quoted text -

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