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+/* Copyright (C) 2016 B.A.T.M.A.N. contributors:
+ *
+ * Matthias Schiffer
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "netlink.h"
+#include "main.h"
+
+#include <linux/genetlink.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/printk.h>
+#include <net/genetlink.h>
+#include <uapi/linux/batman_adv.h>
+
+static struct genl_family batadv_netlink_family = {
+	.id = GENL_ID_GENERATE,
+	.hdrsize = 0,
+	.name = BATADV_NL_NAME,
+	.version = 1,
+	.maxattr = BATADV_ATTR_MAX,
+};
+
+static struct genl_ops batadv_netlink_ops[] = {
+};
+
+/**
+ * batadv_netlink_register - register batadv genl netlink family
+ */
+void __init batadv_netlink_register(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = genl_register_family_with_ops(&batadv_netlink_family,
+					    batadv_netlink_ops);
+	if (ret)
+		pr_warn("unable to register netlink family");
+}
+
+/**
+ * batadv_netlink_unregister - unregister batadv genl netlink family
+ */
+void batadv_netlink_unregister(void)
+{
+	genl_unregister_family(&batadv_netlink_family);
+}