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Project Summary
The libnl suite is a collection of libraries providing APIs to netlink protocol based Linux kernel interfaces.
Netlink is a IPC mechanism primarly between the kernel and user space processes. It was designed to be a more flexible successor to ioctl to provide mainly networking related kernel configuration and monitoring interfaces.
In a Nutshell, Netlink Protocol Library Suite (libnl)...
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a average size development team
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took an estimated 22 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in September, 2007
ending with its most recent commit 7 days ago
Quick Reference
https://github.com/thom311/libnl
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