Fw: [luau] CONFIG_RTNETLINK -- Linux kernel configuration option

[Vince Hoang]

On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 01:37:25PM -1000, Dennis T. Ching wrote:
> Experimental options and Advanced router don't help.
...
> Maybe it got lost by 2.4.18-3 and 2.4.20.

Ah. I was using the very old 2.4.2 kernel when digging up those
notes. :) Unfortunately, stability in the older kernels has been
very spotty.

The option has been deprecated. Here are comments in
net/netlink/netlink_dev.c:

  Now netlink devices are emulated on the top of netlink sockets
  by compatibility reasons. Remove this file after a period. --ANK

On a recent system running 2.4.20, I did not enable the netlink
device option in the kernel. However, /proc/net/netlink still
exists and is available via AF_NETLINK sockets.

What is it that you are trying to do? I am able to run the
iproute tools and start zebra with my current setup.

-Vince