*
* If this netdev class does not support enumeration, this may be a null
* pointer. */
- int (*enumerate)(struct svec *all_names);
+ int (*enumerate)(struct sset *all_names);
/* Attempts to receive a packet from 'netdev' into the 'size' bytes in
* 'buffer'. If successful, returns the number of bytes in the received
*
* May return -EOPNOTSUPP if a network device does not implement packet
* reception through this interface. This function may be set to null if
- * it would always return -EOPNOTSUPP anyhow. (This will disable the OVS
- * integrated DHCP client and OpenFlow controller discovery, and prevent
- * the network device from being usefully used by the netdev-based
- * "userspace datapath".) */
+ * it would always return -EOPNOTSUPP anyhow. (This will prevent the
+ * network device from being usefully used by the netdev-based "userspace
+ * datapath".) */
int (*recv)(struct netdev *netdev, void *buffer, size_t size);
/* Registers with the poll loop to wake up from the next call to
*
* May return EOPNOTSUPP if a network device does not implement packet
* transmission through this interface. This function may be set to null
- * if it would always return EOPNOTSUPP anyhow. (This will disable the OVS
- * integrated DHCP client and OpenFlow controller discovery, and prevent
- * the network device from being usefully used by the netdev-based
- * "userspace datapath".) */
+ * if it would always return EOPNOTSUPP anyhow. (This will prevent the
+ * network device from being usefully used by the netdev-based "userspace
+ * datapath". It will also prevent the OVS implementation of bonding from
+ * working properly over 'netdev'.) */
int (*send)(struct netdev *netdev, const void *buffer, size_t size);
/* Registers with the poll loop to wake up from the next call to
*/
int (*get_carrier)(const struct netdev *netdev, bool *carrier);
- /* Sets 'miimon' to true if 'netdev' is up according to its MII. If
- * 'netdev' does not support MII, may fall back to another method or return
- * EOPNOTSUPP.
+ /* Forces ->get_carrier() to poll 'netdev''s MII registers for link status
+ * instead of checking 'netdev''s carrier. 'netdev''s MII registers will
+ * be polled once ever 'interval' milliseconds. If 'netdev' does not
+ * support MII, another method may be used as a fallback. If 'interval' is
+ * less than or equal to zero, reverts ->get_carrier() to its normal
+ * behavior.
*
- * This function may be set to null if it would always return EOPNOTSUPP.
+ * Most network devices won't support this feature and will set this
+ * function pointer to NULL, which is equivalent to returning EOPNOTSUPP.
*/
- int (*get_miimon)(const struct netdev *netdev, bool *miimon);
+ int (*set_miimon_interval)(struct netdev *netdev, long long int interval);
/* Retrieves current device stats for 'netdev' into 'stats'.
*
* this function must not add "" to 'types'.
*
* The caller is responsible for initializing 'types' (e.g. with
- * svec_init()) before calling this function. The caller takes ownership
- * of the strings added to 'types'.
+ * sset_init()) before calling this function. The caller retains ownership
+ * of 'types'.
*
* May be NULL if 'netdev' does not support QoS at all. */
- int (*get_qos_types)(const struct netdev *netdev, struct svec *types);
+ int (*get_qos_types)(const struct netdev *netdev, struct sset *types);
/* Queries 'netdev' for its capabilities regarding the specified 'type' of
* QoS. On success, initializes 'caps' with the QoS capabilities.
*
* This function may be set to null if it would always return EOPNOTSUPP
* anyhow. */
- int (*arp_lookup)(const struct netdev *netdev, uint32_t ip, uint8_t mac[6]);
+ int (*arp_lookup)(const struct netdev *netdev, ovs_be32 ip,
+ uint8_t mac[6]);
/* Retrieves the current set of flags on 'netdev' into '*old_flags'.
* Then, turns off the flags that are set to 1 in 'off' and turns on the