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dist_man8_MANS = \
nl-classid-lookup.8 \
nl-pktloc-lookup.8 \
nl-qdisc-add.8 nl-qdisc-delete.8 nl-qdisc-list.8
nl-qdisc-add.8 nl-qdisc-delete.8 nl-qdisc-list.8 \
genl-ctrl-list.8

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.TH genl\-ctrl-list 8 "20 April 2012" "libnl"
.SH NAME
genl\-ctrl\-list \- List available kernel-side generic netlink families
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B genl\-ctrl\-list [-d]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
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.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BR \-\^h " or " \-\-help
Print help text to console and exit.
.TP
.BR \-\^v " or " \-\-version
Print versioning information to console and exit.
.TP
.BR \-\^d " or " \-\-details
Include additional detailed information for each generic netlink
family that is printed.
The information includes:
.RS
.IP \(bu
The size of the family specific netlink message header (hdrsize).
.IP \(bu
The maximum netlink attribute identifier allowed by the interface
(maxattr).
.IP \(bu
A list of registered generic netlink operations prefixed with op
including their name (if available), identifier and the flags
indicating the availability of a doit or dump function.
.IP \(bu
A list of registered multicast groups prefixed with grp including
their name (if available) and identifier.
.RE
.RS
Example:
0x0010 nlctrl version 2
.RS 0
hdrsize 0 maxattr 7
.RS 0
op GETFAMILY (0x03) <has-doit,has-dump,has-policy>
.RS 0
grp notify (0x10)
.RE
.SH EXAMPLE
.RS 0
$ genl-ctrl-list
.RS 0
0x0010 nlctrl version 2
.RS 0
0x0011 NLBL_MGMT version 3
.RS 0
0x0012 NLBL_CIPSOv4 version 3
.RS 0
0x0013 NLBL_UNLBL version 3
.RS 0
0x0014 acpi_event version 1
.RS 0
0x0015 thermal_event version 1
.RS 0
0x0016 VFS_DQUOT version 1
.RS 0
0x0017 TASKSTATS version 1
.RS 0
0x0018 NET_DM version 2
.SH AUTHOR
.PP
Thomas Graf is the original author and current maintainer of libnl and
libnl tools. Many people have contributed to it since.