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authorArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>2009-11-26 09:07:11 +0300
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-11-27 02:53:10 +0300
commit27c0b1a850cdea6298f573d835782f3337be913c (patch)
tree447d5db320dfa2d558a73f841c76b04b975e6ee0 /include/linux/if_link.h
parent618e1b7482f7a8a4c6c6e8ccbe140e4c331df4e9 (diff)
downloadlinux-27c0b1a850cdea6298f573d835782f3337be913c.tar.xz
macvlan: export macvlan mode through netlink
In order to support all three modes of macvlan at runtime, extend the existing netlink protocol to allow choosing the mode per macvlan slave interface. This depends on a matching patch to iproute2 in order to become accessible in user land. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Acked-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/if_link.h')
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/if_link.h b/include/linux/if_link.h
index 1d3b2425f661..6674791622ca 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_link.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_link.h
@@ -181,4 +181,19 @@ struct ifla_vlan_qos_mapping {
__u32 to;
};
+/* MACVLAN section */
+enum {
+ IFLA_MACVLAN_UNSPEC,
+ IFLA_MACVLAN_MODE,
+ __IFLA_MACVLAN_MAX,
+};
+
+#define IFLA_MACVLAN_MAX (__IFLA_MACVLAN_MAX - 1)
+
+enum macvlan_mode {
+ MACVLAN_MODE_PRIVATE = 1, /* don't talk to other macvlans */
+ MACVLAN_MODE_VEPA = 2, /* talk to other ports through ext bridge */
+ MACVLAN_MODE_BRIDGE = 4, /* talk to bridge ports directly */
+};
+
#endif /* _LINUX_IF_LINK_H */