| = What is libmnl? = | |
| libmnl is a minimalistic user-space library oriented to Netlink developers. | |
| There are a lot of common tasks in parsing, validating, constructing of | |
| both the Netlink header and TLVs that are repetitive and easy to get wrong. | |
| This library aims to provide simple helpers that allows you to re-use code | |
| and to avoid re-inventing the wheel. The main features of this library are: | |
| * Small: the shared library requires around 30KB for an x86-based computer. | |
| * Simple: this library avoids complexity and elaborated abstractions that | |
| tend to hide Netlink details. | |
| * Easy to use: the library simplifies the work for Netlink-wise developers. | |
| It provides functions to make socket handling, message building, validating, | |
| parsing and sequence tracking, easier. | |
| * Easy to re-use: you can use the library to build your own abstraction layer | |
| on top of this library. | |
| * Decoupling: the interdependency of the main bricks that compose the library | |
| is reduced, i.e. the library provides many helpers, but the programmer is not | |
| forced to use them. | |
| = Example files = | |
| You can find several example files under examples/ that you can compile by | |
| invoking `make check'. | |
| -- | |
| 08/sep/2010 | |
| Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> |