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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