On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 07:47:59PM +0200, Rodolfo Giometti wrote:

On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 03:54:30PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:

quoted

It's written in python without using libnl:
http://git.sipsolutions.net/pynl80211.git

If I well understand I should do something like this:

	s = socket(PF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_GENERIC);

        memset(&src_addr, 0, sizeof(src_addr));
        src_addr.nl_family = AF_NETLINK;
        src_addr.nl_pid = 0;            /* ask kernel to choose an unique ID */
        src_addr.nl_groups = 0;         /* not in mcast groups */
        ret = bind(handle->socket, (struct sockaddr *) &src_addr, sizeof(src_add

to get access to the generic netlink, then I should request the
generic family name but I don't understand in which structure I should
put this request... Can you please halp me?

You should first fetch your attributed family ID by sending a generic
netlink request (CTRL_CMD_GETFAMILY) to the generic netlink control family (GENL_ID_CTRL).
Once you have your family ID, you can build generic netlink messages and
send them there.
I'm linking with libnl, but you can have a look at my irconfig draft at
http://sortiz.org/irda/irconfig.c

Cheers,
Samuel.

Thanks a lot,

Rodolfo

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