Re: netlink protocol

[Jason Thorpe <thorpej%me.com@localhost>]

> On Feb 16, 2024, at 3:16 PM, Rui-Xiang Guo <rxg%lavabit.com@localhost> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> There are some go modules use this syscall and marked for Linux only.
> This protocol also appeared in FreeBSD 13.2.
> Is there any plan to port it? Or any other method to implement it?

Netlink by itself isn't terribly useful (and it's pretty gross, honestly).  Kernel subsystems also have to interface with it.

What do these Go modules implement?  Do you need to run an application that uses one of them?

-- thorpej