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Linux Netlink as an IP Services Protocol
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Network Working Group J. Salim
Request for Comments: 3549 Znyx Networks
Category: Informational H. Khosravi
Intel
A. Kleen
Suse
A. Kuznetsov
INR/Swsoft
July 2003
Linux Netlink as an IP Services Protocol
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2003). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This document describes Linux Netlink, which is used in Linux both as
an intra-kernel messaging system as well as between kernel and user
space. The focus of this document is to describe Netlink's
functionality as a protocol between a Forwarding Engine Component
(FEC) and a Control Plane Component (CPC), the two components that
define an IP service. As a result of this focus, this document
ignores other uses of Netlink, including its use as a intra-kernel
messaging system, as an inter-process communication scheme (IPC), or
as a configuration tool for other non-networking or non-IP network
services (such as decnet, etc.).
This document is intended as informational in the context of prior
art for the ForCES IETF working group.
Salim, et. al. Informational