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[NET] core: add RFC2863 operstate

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this patch adds a dormant flag to network devices, RFC2863 operstate derived
from these flags and possibility for userspace interaction. It allows drivers
to signal that a device is unusable for user traffic without disabling
queueing (and therefore the possibility for protocol establishment traffic to
flow) and a userspace supplicant (WPA, 802.1X) to mark a device unusable
without changes to the driver.

It is the result of our long discussion. However I must admit that it
represents what Jamal and I agreed on with compromises towards Krzysztof, but
Thomas and Krzysztof still disagree with some parts. Anyway I think it should
be applied.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Rompf <stefan@loplof.de>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Stefan Rompf
2006-03-20 17:09:11 -08:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent e843b9e1be
commit b00055aacd
7 changed files with 200 additions and 8 deletions
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include/linux/rtnetlink.h
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@ -733,6 +733,8 @@ enum
#define IFLA_MAP IFLA_MAP
IFLA_WEIGHT,
#define IFLA_WEIGHT IFLA_WEIGHT
IFLA_OPERSTATE,
IFLA_LINKMODE,
__IFLA_MAX
};