genl-ctrl-list - List available kernel-side Generic Netlink families

Author

       Thomas  Graf  is  the  original  author and current maintainer of libnl and libnl tools. Many people have
       contributed to it since.

libnl                                             20 April 2012                                genl-ctrl-list(8)

Description

       Queries  the  Generic  Netlink  controller  in kernel and prints a list of all registered Generic Netlink
       families including the version of the interface that has been registered.

Example

       $ genl-ctrl-list
       0x0010 nlctrl version 2
       0x0011 NLBL_MGMT version 3
       0x0012 NLBL_CIPSOv4 version 3
       0x0013 NLBL_UNLBL version 3
       0x0014 acpi_event version 1
       0x0015 thermal_event version 1
       0x0016 VFS_DQUOT version 1
       0x0017 TASKSTATS version 1
       0x0018 NET_DM version 2

Name

       genl-ctrl-list - List available kernel-side Generic Netlink families

Options

-h or --help
              Print help text to console and exit.

       -v or --version
              Print versioning information to console and exit.

       -d or --details
              Include additional detailed information for each Generic Netlink family that is printed.

              The information includes:

              hdrsizeN
                     The size of the user specific header.

              maxattrN
                     The maximum Netlink attribute identifier expected by the interface.

              opNAME(ID)<FLAGS>
                     A list of available operations including their  name,  numeric  identifier  and  the  flags
                     indicating the capabilities of the opertion.

                     Available flags:

                     admin-perm
                            Requires administrative privileges

                     has-doit
                            Command can handle request

                     has-dump
                            Command can handle a dump request

                     has-policy
                            Command enforces attribute validation policy

              grpNAME(ID)
                     A list of registered multicast groups including name (if available) and identifier.

              Example:
                     0x0010 nlctrl version 2
                         hdrsize 0 maxattr 7
                           op GETFAMILY (0x03) <has-doit,has-dump,has-policy>
                           grp notify (0x10)