extern "C" {
#endif
-struct arg {
- char *key;
- char *value;
-};
-
/* A network device (e.g. an Ethernet device).
*
* This structure should be treated as opaque by network device
this device. */
int ref_cnt; /* Times this devices was opened. */
struct shash_node *node; /* Pointer to element in global map. */
- struct arg *args; /* Argument list from last config. */
- int n_args; /* Number of arguments in 'args'. */
+ struct shash args; /* Argument list from last config. */
};
void netdev_dev_init(struct netdev_dev *, const char *name,
+ const struct shash *args,
const struct netdev_class *);
void netdev_dev_uninit(struct netdev_dev *, bool destroy);
const char *netdev_dev_get_type(const struct netdev_dev *);
* called. */
void (*destroy)(struct netdev_dev *netdev_dev);
- /* Reconfigures the device 'netdev_dev' with 'args'.
+ /* Changes the device 'netdev_dev''s configuration to 'args'.
*
* If this netdev class does not support reconfiguring a netdev
* device, this may be a null pointer.
*/
- int (*reconfigure)(struct netdev_dev *netdev_dev, const struct shash *args);
+ int (*set_config)(struct netdev_dev *netdev_dev, const struct shash *args);
/* Attempts to open a network device. On success, sets 'netdevp'
* to the new network device.
*/
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.
+ *
+ * This function may be set to null if it would always return EOPNOTSUPP.
+ */
+ int (*get_miimon)(const struct netdev *netdev, bool *miimon);
+
/* Retrieves current device stats for 'netdev' into 'stats'.
*
* A network device that supports some statistics but not others, it should
*
* This function may be set to null if it would always return EOPNOTSUPP.
*/
- int (*get_features)(struct netdev *netdev,
+ int (*get_features)(const struct netdev *netdev,
uint32_t *current, uint32_t *advertised,
uint32_t *supported, uint32_t *peer);
int (*get_next_hop)(const struct in_addr *host, struct in_addr *next_hop,
char **netdev_name);
- /* Looks up the name of the interface out of which traffic will egress if
- * 'netdev' is a tunnel. If unsuccessful, or 'netdev' is not a tunnel,
- * will return null. This function does not necessarily return the
- * physical interface out which traffic will egress. Instead it returns
- * the interface which is assigned 'netdev's remote_ip. This may be an
- * internal interface such as a bridge port.
+ /* Retrieves the status of the device.
+ *
+ * Populates 'sh' with key-value pairs representing the status of the
+ * device. A device's status is a set of key-value string pairs
+ * representing netdev type specific information. For more information see
+ * ovs-vswitchd.conf.db(5).
+ *
+ * The data of 'sh' are heap allocated strings which the caller is
+ * responsible for deallocating.
*
- * This function may be set to null if 'netdev' is not a tunnel or it is
- * not supported. */
- const char *(*get_tnl_iface)(const struct netdev *netdev);
+ * This function may be set to null if it would always return EOPNOTSUPP
+ * anyhow. */
+ int (*get_status)(const struct netdev *netdev, struct shash *sh);
/* Looks up the ARP table entry for 'ip' on 'netdev' and stores the
* corresponding MAC address in 'mac'. A return value of ENXIO, in