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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2007-05-19 04:30:20 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2007-05-19 04:30:20 +0000 |
| commit | 2b2581ee37f080c0a95d20aedecd5cb04e81ef4a (patch) | |
| tree | 4ce1a3bcc3cd8793e50f48abba8eab04c8e7ea07 /man7/netlink.7 | |
| parent | 2dd578fd5b80cbfe5892b200633aa1442c4ac674 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-2b2581ee37f080c0a95d20aedecd5cb04e81ef4a.tar.gz | |
Fix inconsistencies in order of .SH sections
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1 files changed, 28 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/man7/netlink.7 b/man7/netlink.7 index a07daf25ce..29d695fd69 100644 --- a/man7/netlink.7 +++ b/man7/netlink.7 @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ .\" Based on the original comments from Alexey Kuznetsov .\" Modified 2005-12-27 by Hasso Tepper <hasso@estpak.ee> .\" $Id: netlink.7,v 1.8 2000/06/22 13:23:00 ak Exp $ +.\" FIXME Section titles and orderings in this page are very inconsistent .TH NETLINK 7 2005-12-27 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME netlink \- Communication between kernel and userspace (PF_NETLINK) @@ -345,6 +346,33 @@ Only processes with an effective UID of 0 or the capability may send or listen to a netlink multicast group. Any replies to a message received for a multicast group should be sent back to the sending PID and the multicast group. +.SH VERSIONS +The socket interface to netlink is a new feature of Linux 2.2. + +Linux 2.0 supported a more primitive device based netlink interface +(which is still available as a compatibility option). +This obsolete interface is not described here. + +NETLINK_SELINUX appeared in Linux 2.6.4. + +NETLINK_AUDIT appeared in Linux 2.6.6. + +NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT appeared in Linux 2.6.10. + +NETLINK_W1 and NETLINK_FIB_LOOKUP appeared in Linux 2.6.13. + +NETLINK_INET_DIAG, NETLINK_CONNECTOR and NETLINK_NETFILTER appeared in +Linux 2.6.14. + +NETLINK_GENERIC and NETLINK_ISCSI appeared in Linux 2.6.15. +.SH NOTES +It is often better to use netlink via +.B libnetlink +or +.B libnl +than via the low level kernel interface. +.SH BUGS +This manual page is not complete. .SH EXAMPLE The following example creates a .B NETLINK_ROUTE @@ -420,33 +448,6 @@ for (nh = (struct nlmsghdr *) buf; NLMSG_OK (nh, len); } .fi .in -0.25i -.SH BUGS -This manual page is not complete. -.SH NOTES -It is often better to use netlink via -.B libnetlink -or -.B libnl -than via the low level kernel interface. -.SH VERSIONS -The socket interface to netlink is a new feature of Linux 2.2. - -Linux 2.0 supported a more primitive device based netlink interface -(which is still available as a compatibility option). -This obsolete interface is not described here. - -NETLINK_SELINUX appeared in Linux 2.6.4. - -NETLINK_AUDIT appeared in Linux 2.6.6. - -NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT appeared in Linux 2.6.10. - -NETLINK_W1 and NETLINK_FIB_LOOKUP appeared in Linux 2.6.13. - -NETLINK_INET_DIAG, NETLINK_CONNECTOR and NETLINK_NETFILTER appeared in -Linux 2.6.14. - -NETLINK_GENERIC and NETLINK_ISCSI appeared in Linux 2.6.15. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR cmsg (3), .BR netlink (3), |