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Package `netlink` provides low-level access to Linux netlink sockets.
MIT Licensed.

For more information about how netlink works, check out my blog series
on [Linux, Netlink, and Go](https://medium.com/@mdlayher/linux-netlink-and-go-part-1-netlink-4781aaeeaca8).

If you're looking for package `genetlink`, it's been moved to its own
repository at [`github.com/mdlayher/genetlink`](https://github.com/mdlayher/genetlink).

Why?
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A [number of netlink packages](https://godoc.org/?q=netlink) are already
available for Go, but I wasn't able to find one that aligned with what
I wanted in a netlink package:

- Simple, idiomatic API
- Well tested
- Well documented
- Makes use of Go best practices
- Doesn't need root to work

My goal for this package is to use it as a building block for the creation
of other netlink family packages.