Hi All,<div> I have the answer of that general question.. :)</div><div><br></div><div>afaik, this link has listed all the api's which linux kernel supports:</div><div><a href="http://www.gnugeneration.com/books/linux/2.6.20/kernel-api/">http://www.gnugeneration.com/books/linux/2.6.20/kernel-api/</a> </div>
<div><br></div><div>You can very well go through it and check for certain api availability. As a point to note, it has api s for 2.6.20 kernel.</div><div><br></div><div>Enjoy!!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 6:06 AM, NorthPole <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:morfeas3000@gmail.com">morfeas3000@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">@JAYESH TANK<br>
thank you very much :-) that was a very good starting poind :D<br>
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@Javier<br>
you are right, so here is something more specific<br>
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I want to add a framework for tlv message construction and parsing in<br>
a wireless mesh routing protocol so as it can have the advantages of<br>
the tlv way of communication (one of which is backwards compatibility)<br>
<br>
afaik tlvs are used in many places in the kernel and as Jayesh stated<br>
there are no ready made apis.<br>
So if I want to do that I have to copy someone else's code and modify<br>
it accordingly<br>
<br>
but I have another general question:<br>
In the future if I want to find if the kernel has internal support for<br>
the X thing how can I find out if it has and how it does support?<br>
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On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 3:17 AM, Javier Martinez Canillas<br>
<<a href="mailto:martinez.javier@gmail.com">martinez.javier@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 3:00 PM, NorthPole <<a href="mailto:morfeas3000@gmail.com">morfeas3000@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> thx Javier<br>
>> But isnt the api for use in the user space?<br>
>> I need something for use in kernel space<br>
>><br>
><br>
> What exactly do you want to do?<br>
><br>
> Generic Netlink can be used to communicate both user-space and kernel<br>
> code, but you will have general answer to general questions :)<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Javier Martínez Canillas<br>
> (+34) 682 39 81 69<br>
> Barcelona, Spain<br>
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