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

On Apr 23, 3:38 pm, Rainer Weikusat <rweiku...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Aparently, the 'netlink character device' is gone, but this had been
declared obsolete before 2.2 was released (IIRC).

Yes , I was basically using the netlink socket interface , not the
character device which is obsolete . The socket interface was
introduced in 2.2 linux kernels onwards.

I reverted back to , 2.6.11 kernel , and the module worked fine.
seems , the problem exists with 2.6.23 . I am a newbie , cant figure
out the error.

I have a question , If I want to somehow get the netlink socket
interface iworking nto the 2.6.23 kernel , what is the best approach
for it? Netlink.h the header file , has been reworked in the new
kernel . Recompiling a older version of the kernel seemed foolish to
me. I havent come across any "package" which installs itself.

Thanks for the support.

.

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