netdev: Take responsibility for polling MII registers.

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / lib / netdev.c

diff --git a/lib/netdev.c b/lib/netdev.c
index 01d91db..27ef0c3 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/netdev.c
+++ b/lib/netdev.c
@@ -886,32 +886,21 @@ netdev_get_carrier(const struct netdev *netdev)
     return carrier;
 }
 
-/* Returns true if 'netdev' is up according to its MII. */
-bool
-netdev_get_miimon(const struct netdev *netdev)
+/* Attempts to force netdev_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 netdev_get_carrier() to
+ * its normal behavior.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if successful, otherwise a positive errno value. */
+int
+netdev_set_miimon_interval(struct netdev *netdev, long long int interval)
 {
-    int error;
-    enum netdev_flags flags;
-    bool miimon;
-
-    netdev_get_flags(netdev, &flags);
-    if (!(flags & NETDEV_UP)) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    if (!netdev_get_dev(netdev)->netdev_class->get_miimon) {
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    error = netdev_get_dev(netdev)->netdev_class->get_miimon(netdev, &miimon);
-
-    if (error) {
-        VLOG_DBG("%s: failed to get network device MII status, assuming "
-                 "down: %s", netdev_get_name(netdev), strerror(error));
-        miimon = false;
-    }
-
-    return miimon;
+    struct netdev_dev *netdev_dev = netdev_get_dev(netdev);
+    return (netdev_dev->netdev_class->set_miimon_interval
+            ? netdev_dev->netdev_class->set_miimon_interval(netdev, interval)
+            : EOPNOTSUPP);
 }
 
 /* Retrieves current device stats for 'netdev'. */