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diff --git a/extra/Configs/Config.in b/extra/Configs/Config.in
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--- a/extra/Configs/Config.in
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@@ -597,6 +597,20 @@ config UCLIBC_HAS_REENTRANT_RPC
help
Most packages utilize the normal (non-reentrant) RPC functions, but
some (like exportfs from nfs-utils) need these reentrant versions.
+
+ Most people can safely answer N.
+
+config UCLIBC_USE_NETLINK
+ bool "Use netlink to query interfaces"
+ default n
+ help
+ In newer versions of Linux (2.4.17+), support was added for querying
+ network device information via netlink rather than the old style
+ ioctl's. Most of the time, the older ioctl style is sufficient (and
+ it is smaller than netlink), but if you find that not all of your
+ devices are being returned by the if_nameindex() function, you will
+ have to use the netlink implementation.
+
Most people can safely answer N.
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