net: sysfs: add Documentation entries for basic set of attributes
Add sysfs attributes Documentation entries for the basic set of
attributes that are exposed by a network device in
/sys/class/net/<iface>/
Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/addr_assign_type
+Date: July 2010
+KernelVersion: 3.2
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the address assignment type. Possible values are:
+ 0: permanent address
+ 1: randomly generated
+ 2: stolen from another device
+ 3: set using dev_set_mac_address
+
+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/addr_len
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the hardware address size in bytes.
+ Values vary based on the lower-level protocol used by the
+ interface (Ethernet, FDDI, ATM, IEEE 802.15.4...). See
+ include/uapi/linux/if_*.h for actual values.
+
+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/address
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Hardware address currently assigned to this interface.
+ Format is a string, e.g: 00:11:22:33:44:55 for an Ethernet MAC
+ address.
+
+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/broadcast
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Hardware broadcast address for this interface. Format is a
+ string, e.g: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff for an Ethernet broadcast MAC
+ address.
+
+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/carrier
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the current physical link state of the interface.
+ Posssible values are:
+ 0: physical link is down
+ 1: physical link is up
+
+ Note: some special devices, e.g: bonding and team drivers will
+ allow this attribute to be written to force a link state for
+ operating correctly and designating another fallback interface.
+
+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/dev_id
+Date: April 2008
+KernelVersion: 2.6.26
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the device unique identifier. Format is an hexadecimal
+ value. This is used to disambiguate interfaces which might be
+ stacked (e.g: VLAN interfaces) but still have the same MAC
+ address as their parent device.
+
+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/dormant
+Date: March 2006
+KernelVersion: 2.6.17
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates whether the interface is in dormant state. Possible
+ values are:
+ 0: interface is not dormant
+ 1: interface is dormant
+
+ This attribute can be used by supplicant software to signal that
+ the device is not usable unless some supplicant-based
+ authentication is performed (e.g: 802.1x). 'link_mode' attribute
+ will also reflect the dormant state.
+
+What: /sys/clas/net/<iface>/duplex
+Date: October 2009
+KernelVersion: 2.6.33
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the interface latest or current duplex value. Possible
+ values are:
+ half: half duplex
+ full: full duplex
+
+ Note: This attribute is only valid for interfaces that implement
+ the ethtool get_settings method (mostly Ethernet).
+
+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/flags
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the interface flags as a bitmask in hexadecimal. See
+ include/uapi/linux/if.h for a list of all possible values and
+ the flags semantics.
+
+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/ifalias
+Date: September 2008
+KernelVersion: 2.6.28
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates/stores an interface alias name as a string. This can
+ be used for system management purposes.
+
+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/ifindex
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the system-wide interface unique index identifier as a
+ decimal number. This attribute is used for mapping an interface
+ identifier to an interface name. It is used throughout the
+ networking stack for specifying the interface specific
+ requests/events.
+
+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/iflink
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the system-wide interface unique index identifier a
+ the interface is linked to. Format is decimal. This attribute is
+ used to resolve interfaces chaining, linking and stacking.
+ Physical interfaces have the same 'ifindex' and 'iflink' values.
+
+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/link_mode
+Date: March 2006
+KernelVersion: 2.6.17
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the interface link mode, as a decimal number. This
+ attribute should be used in conjunction with 'dormant' attribute
+ to determine the interface usability. Possible values:
+ 0: default link mode
+ 1: dormant link mode
+
+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/mtu
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the interface currently configured MTU value, in
+ bytes, and in decimal format. Specific values depends on the
+ lower-level interface protocol used. Ethernet devices will show
+ a 'mtu' attribute value of 1500 unless changed.
+
+What: /sys/calss/net/<iface>/netdev_group
+Date: January 2011
+KernelVersion: 2.6.39
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the interface network device group, as a decimal
+ integer. Default value is 0 which corresponds to the initial
+ network devices group. The group can be changed to affect
+ routing decisions (see: net/ipv4/fib_rules and
+ net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c).
+
+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/operstate
+Date: March 2006
+KernelVersion: 2.6.17
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the interface RFC2863 operational state as a string.
+ Possible values are:
+ "unknown", "notpresent", "down", "lowerlayerdown", "testing",
+ "dormant", "up".
+
+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/speed
+Date: October 2009
+KernelVersion: 2.6.33
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the interface latest or current speed value. Value is
+ an integer representing the link speed in Mbits/sec.
+
+ Note: this attribute is only valid for interfaces that implement
+ the ethtool get_settings method (mostly Ethernet ).
+
+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/tx_queue_len
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the interface transmit queue len in number of packets,
+ as an integer value. Value depend on the type of interface,
+ Ethernet network adapters have a default value of 1000 unless
+ configured otherwise
+
+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/type
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the interface protocol type as a decimal value. See
+ include/uapi/linux/if_arp.h for all possible values.