genl-ctrl-list(8)

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

SYNOPSIS
genl-ctrl-list [-d]

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.

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:

    hdrsize N
        The size of the user specific header.

    maxattr N
        The maximum Netlink attribute identifier expected by the interface.

    op NAME (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

    grp NAME (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)

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

AUTHOR

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