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"Релиз FreeBSD 13.2 с поддержкой Netlink и WireGuard" Отправлено crypt, 11-Апр-23 22:25
Why is Netlink important for FreeBSD? POSIX defines an API for base functions/system calls. There is no such standard for the plethora of protocol/device-level/subsystem-level ioctls. Each subsystem/driver invents its own protocol, handling format and compatibility. Extendability is a notable problem in the networking control plane. For example, it is extremely hard to add properties to the routing socket messages without breaking compatibility. Netlink offers unification by providing a standard communication layer and basic easily-extendable message formatting. It can serve as a "broker", automatically combining requested data from different sources in a single request (example: interface state dump). Netlink APIs lower the bar for application developers to support FreeBSD, while providing the desired extendability.