netdev - Re: Fwd: [PATCH] [-mm] ACPI: export ACPI events via netlink

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Message-Id: <1181820510.4091.9.camel@localhost>
Date:	Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:28:29 -0400
From:	jamal <hadi@...erus.ca>
To:	Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, lenb@...nel.org
Subject: Re: Fwd: [PATCH] [-mm] ACPI: export ACPI events via netlink

On Thu, 2007-14-06 at 16:59 +0800, Zhang Rui wrote:
> Hi, Jamal,
> 
> Now the genl utility can find the acpi event genetlink family.
> And a simple user space demo is finished for handling acpi event.
> I really appreciate your help. :)

np.

> I think the patch which exposes ACPI events via netlink is ok.
> But I still have some problems on
> how to listen to specified genetlink family in user space?
> 
> I can get the dynamic id for "acpi_event" genl family.
> But I don't know how to use this to receive messages from
> specified genl family.
> It seems that "#genl ctrl monitor" has something to do with this,
> IMO, rtnl_open_byproto(&rth, nl_mgrp(GENL_ID_CTRL), NETLINK_GENERIC) is
> used to receive messages from the nlctrl(controller) only, but
> unfortunately it never works for me. :(
> 

I dont have much time to look at your code given travel, but did you
try to use your group id instead of the controller's?
i.e:
rtnl_open_byproto(&rth, nl_mgrp(mydiscoveredacpiid), NETLINK_GENERIC)

If this doesnt work, ping me and i will take a look  - just expect some
latency in response.

cheers,
jamal

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