Doug / smarc-fsl-linux-kernel

31 Jan, 2009

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23 Sep, 2008

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  • 0b815a1a6   net: network device name ifalias support ... Browse Code »

    This patch add support for keeping an additional character alias
    associated with an network interface. This is useful for maintaining
    the SNMP ifAlias value which is a user defined value. Routers use this
    to hold information like which circuit or line it is connected to. It
    is just an arbitrary text label on the network device.

    There are two exposed interfaces with this patch, the value can be
    read/written either via netlink or sysfs.

    This could be maintained just by the snmp daemon, but it is more
    generally useful for other management tools, and the kernel is good
    place to act as an agreed upon interface to store it.

    Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger
    Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

    Stephen Hemminger
     

11 Oct, 2007

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  • d8a5ec672   [NET]: netlink support for moving devices between network namespaces. ... Browse Code »

    The simplest thing to implement is moving network devices between
    namespaces. However with the same attribute IFLA_NET_NS_PID we can
    easily implement creating devices in the destination network
    namespace as well. However that is a little bit trickier so this
    patch sticks to what is simple and easy.

    A pid is used to identify a process that happens to be a member
    of the network namespace we want to move the network device to.

    Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman
    Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

    Eric W. Biederman
     

11 Jul, 2007

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26 Apr, 2007

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09 Dec, 2006

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29 Sep, 2006

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