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+/*  
+ *  This file is free software: you may copy, redistribute and/or modify it  
+ *  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the  
+ *  Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your  
+ *  option) any later version.  
+ *  
+ *  This file 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/>.  
+ *  
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following copyright and  
+ * permission notice:  
+ *  
+Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 by Juliusz Chroboczek
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.
+*/
+
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include "babel_main.h"
+#include "if.h"
+
+#define KERNEL_INFINITY 0xFFFF
+
+struct kernel_route {
+    unsigned char prefix[16];
+    int plen;
+    int metric;
+    unsigned int ifindex;
+    int proto;
+    unsigned char gw[16];
+};
+
+#define ROUTE_FLUSH 0
+#define ROUTE_ADD 1
+#define ROUTE_MODIFY 2
+
+#define CHANGE_LINK  (1 << 0)
+#define CHANGE_ROUTE (1 << 1)
+#define CHANGE_ADDR  (1 << 2)
+
+extern int export_table, import_table;
+
+int kernel_setup(int setup);
+int kernel_setup_socket(int setup);
+int kernel_setup_interface(int setup, struct interface *interface);
+int kernel_interface_operational(struct interface *interface);
+int kernel_interface_ipv4(struct interface *interface,
+                          unsigned char *addr_r);
+int kernel_interface_mtu(struct interface *interface);
+int kernel_interface_wireless(struct interface *interface);
+int kernel_route(int operation, const unsigned char *dest, unsigned short plen,
+                 const unsigned char *gate, int ifindex, unsigned int metric,
+                 const unsigned char *newgate, int newifindex,
+                 unsigned int newmetric);
+int kernel_routes(struct kernel_route *routes, int maxroutes);
+int kernel_callback(int (*fn)(int, void*), void *closure);
+int kernel_addresses(struct interface *interface, int ll,
+                     struct kernel_route *routes, int maxroutes);
+int if_eui64(char *ifname, int ifindex, unsigned char *eui);
+int gettime(struct timeval *tv);
+int read_random_bytes(void *buf, size_t len);