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| 4 | 4 | Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org |
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| 5 | 5 | Description: |
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| 6 | 6 | Indicates the name assignment type. Possible values are: |
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| 7 | | - 1: enumerated by the kernel, possibly in an unpredictable way |
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| 8 | | - 2: predictably named by the kernel |
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| 9 | | - 3: named by userspace |
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| 10 | | - 4: renamed |
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| 7 | + |
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| 8 | + == ========================================================== |
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| 9 | + 1 enumerated by the kernel, possibly in an unpredictable way |
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| 10 | + 2 predictably named by the kernel |
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| 11 | + 3 named by userspace |
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| 12 | + 4 renamed |
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| 13 | + == ========================================================== |
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| 11 | 14 | |
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| 12 | 15 | What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/addr_assign_type |
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| 13 | 16 | Date: July 2010 |
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| 15 | 18 | Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org |
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| 16 | 19 | Description: |
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| 17 | 20 | Indicates the address assignment type. Possible values are: |
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| 18 | | - 0: permanent address |
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| 19 | | - 1: randomly generated |
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| 20 | | - 2: stolen from another device |
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| 21 | | - 3: set using dev_set_mac_address |
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| 21 | + |
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| 22 | + == ============================= |
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| 23 | + 0 permanent address |
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| 24 | + 1 randomly generated |
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| 25 | + 2 stolen from another device |
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| 26 | + 3 set using dev_set_mac_address |
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| 27 | + == ============================= |
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| 22 | 28 | |
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| 23 | 29 | What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/addr_len |
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| 24 | 30 | Date: April 2005 |
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| 51 | 57 | Default value 0 does not forward any link local frames. |
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| 52 | 58 | |
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| 53 | 59 | Restricted bits: |
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| 54 | | - 0: 01-80-C2-00-00-00 Bridge Group Address used for STP |
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| 55 | | - 1: 01-80-C2-00-00-01 (MAC Control) 802.3 used for MAC PAUSE |
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| 56 | | - 2: 01-80-C2-00-00-02 (Link Aggregation) 802.3ad |
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| 60 | + |
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| 61 | + == ======================================================== |
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| 62 | + 0 01-80-C2-00-00-00 Bridge Group Address used for STP |
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| 63 | + 1 01-80-C2-00-00-01 (MAC Control) 802.3 used for MAC PAUSE |
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| 64 | + 2 01-80-C2-00-00-02 (Link Aggregation) 802.3ad |
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| 65 | + == ======================================================== |
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| 57 | 66 | |
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| 58 | 67 | Any values not setting these bits can be used. Take special |
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| 59 | 68 | care when forwarding control frames e.g. 802.1X-PAE or LLDP. |
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| 74 | 83 | Description: |
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| 75 | 84 | Indicates the current physical link state of the interface. |
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| 76 | 85 | Posssible values are: |
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| 77 | | - 0: physical link is down |
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| 78 | | - 1: physical link is up |
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| 86 | + |
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| 87 | + == ===================== |
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| 88 | + 0 physical link is down |
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| 89 | + 1 physical link is up |
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| 90 | + == ===================== |
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| 79 | 91 | |
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| 80 | 92 | Note: some special devices, e.g: bonding and team drivers will |
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| 81 | 93 | allow this attribute to be written to force a link state for |
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| 90 | 102 | value. This is used to disambiguate interfaces which might be |
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| 91 | 103 | stacked (e.g: VLAN interfaces) but still have the same MAC |
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| 92 | 104 | address as their parent device. |
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| 105 | + |
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| 106 | +What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/dev_port |
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| 107 | +Date: February 2014 |
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| 108 | +KernelVersion: 3.15 |
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| 109 | +Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org |
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| 110 | +Description: |
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| 111 | + Indicates the port number of this network device, formatted |
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| 112 | + as a decimal value. Some NICs have multiple independent ports |
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| 113 | + on the same PCI bus, device and function. This attribute allows |
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| 114 | + userspace to distinguish the respective interfaces. |
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| 115 | + |
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| 116 | + Note: some device drivers started to use 'dev_id' for this |
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| 117 | + purpose since long before 3.15 and have not adopted the new |
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| 118 | + attribute ever since. To query the port number, some tools look |
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| 119 | + exclusively at 'dev_port', while others only consult 'dev_id'. |
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| 120 | + If a network device has multiple client adapter ports as |
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| 121 | + described in the previous paragraph and does not set this |
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| 122 | + attribute to its port number, it's a kernel bug. |
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| 93 | 123 | |
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| 94 | 124 | What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/dormant |
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| 95 | 125 | Date: March 2006 |
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| 106 | 136 | authentication is performed (e.g: 802.1x). 'link_mode' attribute |
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| 107 | 137 | will also reflect the dormant state. |
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| 108 | 138 | |
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| 109 | | -What: /sys/clas/net/<iface>/duplex |
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| 139 | +What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/testing |
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| 140 | +Date: April 2002 |
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| 141 | +KernelVersion: 5.8 |
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| 142 | +Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org |
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| 143 | +Description: |
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| 144 | + Indicates whether the interface is under test. Possible |
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| 145 | + values are: |
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| 146 | + |
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| 147 | + == ============================= |
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| 148 | + 0 interface is not being tested |
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| 149 | + 1 interface is being tested |
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| 150 | + == ============================= |
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| 151 | + |
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| 152 | + When an interface is under test, it cannot be expected |
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| 153 | + to pass packets as normal. |
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| 154 | + |
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| 155 | +What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/duplex |
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| 110 | 156 | Date: October 2009 |
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| 111 | 157 | KernelVersion: 2.6.33 |
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| 112 | 158 | Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org |
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| 113 | 159 | Description: |
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| 114 | 160 | Indicates the interface latest or current duplex value. Possible |
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| 115 | 161 | values are: |
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| 116 | | - half: half duplex |
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| 117 | | - full: full duplex |
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| 162 | + |
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| 163 | + ==== =========== |
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| 164 | + half half duplex |
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| 165 | + full full duplex |
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| 166 | + ==== =========== |
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| 118 | 167 | |
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| 119 | 168 | Note: This attribute is only valid for interfaces that implement |
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| 120 | | - the ethtool get_settings method (mostly Ethernet). |
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| 169 | + the ethtool get_link_ksettings method (mostly Ethernet). |
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| 121 | 170 | |
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| 122 | 171 | What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/flags |
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| 123 | 172 | Date: April 2005 |
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| 165 | 214 | Indicates the interface link mode, as a decimal number. This |
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| 166 | 215 | attribute should be used in conjunction with 'dormant' attribute |
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| 167 | 216 | to determine the interface usability. Possible values: |
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| 168 | | - 0: default link mode |
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| 169 | | - 1: dormant link mode |
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| 217 | + |
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| 218 | + == ================= |
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| 219 | + 0 default link mode |
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| 220 | + 1 dormant link mode |
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| 221 | + == ================= |
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| 170 | 222 | |
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| 171 | 223 | What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/mtu |
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| 172 | 224 | Date: April 2005 |
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| 195 | 247 | Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org |
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| 196 | 248 | Description: |
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| 197 | 249 | Indicates the interface RFC2863 operational state as a string. |
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| 250 | + |
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| 198 | 251 | Possible values are: |
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| 252 | + |
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| 199 | 253 | "unknown", "notpresent", "down", "lowerlayerdown", "testing", |
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| 200 | 254 | "dormant", "up". |
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| 224 | 278 | an integer representing the link speed in Mbits/sec. |
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| 225 | 279 | |
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| 226 | 280 | Note: this attribute is only valid for interfaces that implement |
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| 227 | | - the ethtool get_settings method (mostly Ethernet ). |
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| 281 | + the ethtool get_link_ksettings method (mostly Ethernet). |
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| 228 | 282 | |
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| 229 | 283 | What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/tx_queue_len |
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| 230 | 284 | Date: April 2005 |
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