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.
- *
- * 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);
+ /* 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 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