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GENL(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual GENL(1)
NAME genl - generic netlink
SYNOPSIS genl
genl list
genl monitor <family> [multicast group]
DESCRIPTION The genl utility is design to provide access to the user to generic netlink protocols.
The following commands are available:
list (default) Lists all available generic netlink protocols, and presents its details:
operations Id of the operation if any and associated capabilities
multicast groups Id of the available multicast group if any and it associated name
monitor <family> [multicast group] Connect to the family protocol and subscribe to the mulicast group then print the received messages in a readable format if the protocol is known. So far only "nlctrl" and "nlsysevent" are known. If no multicast group are provided then all the groups are subsribed to.
SEE ALSO genetlink(4), netlink(4)
FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE October 5, 2024 FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE