ofproto-dpif: Implement patch ports in userspace.

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

diff --git a/lib/netdev.c b/lib/netdev.c
index 0a2e7c5..3909ab2 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/netdev.c
+++ b/lib/netdev.c
@@ -1441,6 +1441,14 @@ netdev_get_type(const struct netdev *netdev)
     return netdev_get_dev(netdev)->netdev_class->type;
 }
 
+
+const char *
+netdev_get_type_from_name(const char *name)
+{
+    const struct netdev_dev *dev = netdev_dev_from_name(name);
+    return dev ? netdev_dev_get_type(dev) : NULL;
+}
+
 struct netdev_dev *
 netdev_get_dev(const struct netdev *netdev)
 {