netdev - Re: [RFC net-next 3/4] ynl: add a sample python library

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Date:   Fri, 12 Aug 2022 16:42:53 +0100
From:   Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@...il.com>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
        pabeni@...hat.com, sdf@...gle.com, jacob.e.keller@...el.com,
        vadfed@...com, johannes@...solutions.net, jiri@...nulli.us,
        dsahern@...nel.org, fw@...len.de, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC net-next 3/4] ynl: add a sample python library

On 12/08/2022 02:04, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Aug 2022 19:23:03 -0700
> Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
> 
>> A very short and very incomplete generic python library.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> 
> It would be great if python had standard module for netlink.
> Then your code could just (re)use that.
> Something like mnl but for python.

There's pyroute2, that seemed alright when I used it for something
 a few years back, and I think it has the pieces you need.
https://pyroute2.org/

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