| This is a set of utilities for Linux networking. |
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| Information: |
| https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/networking/iproute2 |
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| Download: |
| http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/iproute2/ |
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| Stable version repository: |
| git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/iproute2/iproute2.git |
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| Development repository: |
| git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/iproute2/iproute2-next.git |
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| Compatibility |
| ------------- |
| A new release of iproute2 is done with each kernel version, but |
| there is a wide range of compatibility. Newer versions of iproute2 |
| will still work with older kernels, but there are some limitations. |
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| If an iproute2 command with a new feature is used with an older |
| kernel, the kernel may report an error or silently ignore the new |
| attribute. Likewise if older iproute2 is used with an newer kernel, |
| it is not possible to use or see new features. The range of |
| compatibility extends back as far as the oldest supported Long Term |
| Support (LTS) kernel version. |
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| How to compile this. |
| -------------------- |
| 1. libdbm |
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| arpd needs to have the berkeleydb development libraries. For Debian |
| users this is the package with a name like libdbX.X-dev. |
| DBM_INCLUDE points to the directory with db_185.h which |
| is the include file used by arpd to get to the old format Berkeley |
| database routines. Often this is in the db-devel package. |
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| 2. make |
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| The makefile will automatically build a config.mk file which |
| contains definitions of libraries that may or may not be available |
| on the system such as: ATM, ELF, MNL, and SELINUX. |
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| 3. include/uapi |
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| This package includes matching sanitized kernel headers because |
| the build environment may not have up to date versions. See Makefile |
| if you have special requirements and need to point at different |
| kernel include files. |
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| Stephen Hemminger |
| stephen@networkplumber.org |
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| David Ahern |
| dsahern@gmail.com |
