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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.
+*/
+
+struct neighbour {
+    struct neighbour *next;
+    /* This is -1 when unknown, so don't make it unsigned */
+    int hello_seqno;
+    unsigned char address[16];
+    unsigned short reach;
+    unsigned short txcost;
+    struct timeval hello_time;
+    struct timeval ihu_time;
+    unsigned short hello_interval; /* in centiseconds */
+    unsigned short ihu_interval;   /* in centiseconds */
+    struct interface *ifp;
+};
+
+extern struct neighbour *neighs;
+
+#define FOR_ALL_NEIGHBOURS(_neigh) \
+    for(_neigh = neighs; _neigh; _neigh = _neigh->next)
+
+int neighbour_valid(struct neighbour *neigh);
+void flush_neighbour(struct neighbour *neigh);
+struct neighbour *find_neighbour(const unsigned char *address,
+                                 struct interface *ifp);
+int update_neighbour(struct neighbour *neigh, int hello, int hello_interval);
+unsigned check_neighbours(void);
+unsigned neighbour_txcost(struct neighbour *neigh);
+unsigned neighbour_rxcost(struct neighbour *neigh);
+unsigned neighbour_cost(struct neighbour *neigh);