rtnetlink is needed to use iproute package (ip addr, ip route)
and dhcp client.
Examples:
Without this patch:
# ip link
Cannot open netlink socket: Address family not supported by protocol
# ip addr
Cannot open netlink socket: Address family not supported by protocol
# ip route
Cannot open netlink socket: Address family not supported by protocol
# dhclient eth0
Cannot open netlink socket: Address family not supported by protocol
Cannot open netlink socket: Address family not supported by protocol
With this patch:
# ip link
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
51: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP mode DEFAULT qlen 1000
link/ether 00:16:3e:89:6b:d7 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
# ip addr show eth0
51: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP qlen 1000
link/ether 00:16:3e:89:6b:d7 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.122.197/24 brd 192.168.122.255 scope global eth0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 fe80::216:3eff:fe89:6bd7/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
# ip route
default via 192.168.122.1 dev eth0
192.168.122.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.122.197
# ip addr flush eth0
# ip addr add 192.168.122.10 dev eth0
# ip addr show eth0
51: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP qlen 1000
link/ether 00:16:3e:89:6b:d7 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.122.10/32 scope global eth0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
# ip route add 192.168.122.0/24 via 192.168.122.10
# ip route
192.168.122.0/24 via 192.168.122.10 dev eth0
Signed-off-by: Laurent Vivier <laurent@vivier.eu>
Signed-off-by: Riku Voipio <riku.voipio@linaro.org>
Laurent Vivier
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