rtnetlink 0.21.0

manipulate linux networking resources via netlink
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# Changelog
## [0.21.0] - 2026-04-18
### Breaking changes
 - Use netlink-packet-route 0.30. (7bfbbf5)
 - Deprecated `NeighbourAddRequest::link_local_address()`, please use
   `NeighbourAddRequest::link_layer_address()`. (7bfbbf5)

### New features
 - link: add vxcan support. (cd212b8)

### Bug fixes
 - addr: only assign broadcast when subnet over /31. (7c16a2d)

## [0.20.0] - 2026-01-01
### Breaking changes
 - Please check breaking changes in netlink-packet-route 0.28.0 and 0.27.0.
 - Use netlink-packet-route 0.28.0. (0486ff7)
 - Change `LinkBond` to align with rust-netlink-route 0.27.0. (563f95d)

### New features
 - link: Support specifying arbitrary LinkMessage for `RTM_DELLINK`. (d4d5a4b)
 - link: Support changing VLAN filter of bridge itself. (1f8b7da)
 - link: Support changing bridge VLAN filtering. (e520140)
 - link: Add `LinkBridgePort` for modifying bridge port properties. (86dd67d)
 - link: Expand LinkBridge to support all bridge options. (c85d988)
 - link: Add support for `netkit` devices. (2f18ca4)
 - link: Add `LinkHandle::change()` to changing existing interface. (2d1a6cc)

### Bug fixes
 - link bridge: Fix typo of document. (a994f72)

## [0.19.0] - 2025-12-09
### Breaking changes
 - Please check breaking changes of netlink-packet-route 0.19.0

### New features
 - vlan: Add wrapper for setting VLAN protocol and flags. (50fbcb3)
 - Add function on RouteMessageBuilder for setting route mark. (c0edfbf)
 - Support creating multicast netlink connection. (84dfe67)

### Bug fixes
 - Swap 'futures' dependency for 'futures-util' and 'futures-channel'. (26eda64)

## [0.18.1] - 2025-09-09
### Breaking changes
 - N/A

### New features
 - route: Support defining ECMP weight. (7fcba62)
 - route: Support defining ECMP flags. (18c4331)
 - route: allow IPv6 gateway in IPv4 route. (e1784a3)

### Bug fixes
 - N/A

## [0.18.0] - 2025-08-27
### Breaking changes
 - Please check `netlink-packet-route` 0.25.0 breaking changes.
 - Please check `netlink-packet-core` 0.8.0 breaking changes.
 - Please check `netlink-proto` 0.12.0 breaking changes.
 - Removed `rtnetlink::packet_utils`. (9373d77)

### New features
 - ip: Introduced `AddressMessageBuilder`. (1fe2569)
 - macsec: Introduced `LinkMacSec`. (b9dd9d9)
 - Allow the user to specify their own socket. (6547f22)
 - Allow `TrafficGetFilterRequest` to get ingress or egress filters. (45f9206)

### Bug fixes
 - Replace `impl TryStream` with `impl Stream`. (513e8c3)
 - Fix android build. (3e270c6)
 - Should not set `NLM_F_EXCL` when deleting alt-name. (7dd58dd)

## [0.17.0] - 2025-05-29
### Breaking changes
 - Please check `netlink-packet-route` 0.24.0 breaking changes.

### New features
 - route: Implement support for the ONLINK flag. (30aa30f)
 - route: Support for MPLS routes and nexthop label stacks. (e7e7344)
 - route: Support for multipath routes. (0236751)

### Bug fixes
 - N/A

## [0.16.0] - 2025-03-10
### Breaking changes
 - N/A

### New features
 - Add support of tc filter del command. (51cfceb)

### Bug fixes
 - Fix error on decoding empty `IFLA_VFINFO_LIST`. (581b4ac)

## [0.15.0] - 2025-03-10
### Breaking changes
 - Deprecated `LinkAddRequest::xfrmtun()` in the favor of
   `LinkAddRequest::xfrmtun_link`. (de62338)
 - Changed `RouteGetRequest::new()` to use `RouteMessageBuilder`. (9be24c6)
 - Changed `LinkAddRequest()` and `LinkSetRequest` to use
   `LinkMessageBuilder`. (230a729)

### New features
 - Support specifying link when crating xfrm interface. (de62338)
 - Support creating VRF link. (6863102)
 - Introducing `RouteAddRequest` for building netlink message for adding
   routes. (b5e0cb6, 24bf04f)
 - Reexport `netlink-*` packages. (a4d2611)
 - impl Debug, Clone for all requests and handles. (515471f)

### Bug fixes
 - N/A

## [0.14.1] - 2024-02-01
### Breaking changes
 - N/A

### New features
 - FreeBSD support. (eb04e60)
 - Support specifying MAC address in `LinkAddRequest`. (d76171c)
 - Support creating wireguard link in `LinkAddRequest`. (24982ec)
 - Support setting priority in `RouteAddRequest`. (c840e78)

### Bug fixes
 - Fixing docs of AddressGetRequest::set_address_filter. (006a348)

## [0.14.0] - 2023-12-05
### Breaking changes
 - Many `VxlanAddRequest` functions changed from u8 to bool. (ba4825a)
 - Deprecated `LinkSetRequest::master()` in the favor of
   `LinkSetRequest::controller()`. (ba4825a)
 - Deprecated `LinkSetRequest::nomaster()` in the favor of
   `LinkSetRequest::nocontroller()`. (ba4825a)
 - Many `NeighbourAddRequest` functions changed from u8/u16 to enum. (ba4825a)
 - Many `TrafficFilterNewRequest` functions changed from u8/u16 to enum.
   (ba4825a)

### New features
 - Rule: function to set fw_mark when adding rule. (dabef43)

### Bug fixes
 - N/A

## [0.13.1] - 2023-07-18
### Breaking changes
 - Deprecated `BondAddRequest::active_slave()` in the favor of
   `BondAddRequest::active_port()`. (9b67c97, bf6dbf0)
 - Deprecated `BondAddRequest::all_slaves_active()` in the favor of
   `BondAddRequest::all_ports_active()`. (9b67c97, bf6dbf0)

### New features
 - Support bond port setting. (7afe563)
 - Support VLAN QOS setting. (78a58db)

### Bug fixes
 - N/A

## [0.13.0] - 2023-07-10
### Breaking changes
 - `TrafficFilterNewRequest::u32()` changed to return `Result`. (b7f8c73)
 - `TrafficFilterNewRequest::redirect() changed to return `Result`. (b7f8c73)
 - Deprecated `RouteAddRequest::table` in the favor of
   `RouteAddRequest::table_id` in order to support table ID bigger than 255.
   (0a8eddd)

### New features
 - Support route table ID bigger than 255. (0a8eddd)
 - Support creating xfrm tunnel. (5252908)

### Bug fixes
 - Removed assers. (e6bcf3e)

## [0.12.0] - 2023-01-29
### Breaking changes
 - Removed these reexports. (2d58a54)
     * `rtnetlink::packet`
     * `rtnetlink::proto`
     * `rtnetlink::sys`

### New features
 - Allow adding macvtap on a link. (ad1207f)
 - Support setting priority when adding rules. (b771ffd)

### Bug fixes
 - Fix ip_monitor example. (b12f061)