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@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ The following sections describe the properties of the most modern ``genetlink``
schema. See the documentation of :doc:`genetlink-c <c-code-gen>`
for information on how C names are derived from name properties.
+See also :ref:`Documentation/core-api/netlink.rst <kernel_netlink>` for
+information on the Netlink specification properties that are only relevant to
+the kernel space and not part of the user space API.
+
genetlink
=========
@@ -180,6 +184,8 @@ attributes
List of attributes in the set.
+.. _attribute_properties:
+
Attribute properties
--------------------
@@ -264,6 +270,13 @@ a C array of u32 values can be specified with ``type: binary`` and
``sub-type: u32``. Binary types and legacy array formats are described in
more detail in :doc:`genetlink-legacy`.
+display-hint
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Optional format indicator that is intended only for choosing the right
+formatting mechanism when displaying values of this type. Currently supported
+hints are ``hex``, ``mac``, ``fddi``, ``ipv4``, ``ipv6`` and ``uuid``.
+
operations
----------