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| author | Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> | 2026-05-29 16:23:17 +0000 |
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| committer | Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> | 2026-06-15 12:36:16 +0000 |
| commit | 21a75a85f0e0cc328b6e9b437d783ef0c25dc52e (patch) | |
| tree | be2d36f742ec4c5f60808f6dc59a143fb3144d90 | |
| parent | 03676cafa882c471a29436aae76c8751d451dd07 (diff) | |
netlink: Indicate that ifinfomsg uses IFT_* types
On Linux struct ifinfomsg uses ARPHRD_* values, while we used IFT_*
types (which derive from SNMP ifType definitions in RFC 1573).
Update the header to reflect this.
PR: 272144
Reviewed by: pouria
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D57334
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/rtnetlink.4 | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | sys/netlink/route/interface.h | 4 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/rtnetlink.4 b/share/man/man4/rtnetlink.4 index 2161db157234..d756cd031145 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/rtnetlink.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/rtnetlink.4 @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd May 15, 2026 +.Dd June 15, 2026 .Dt RTNETLINK 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -275,12 +275,25 @@ All interface configuration messages share the common header: struct ifinfomsg { unsigned char ifi_family; /* not used, set to 0 */ unsigned char __ifi_pad; - unsigned short ifi_type; /* ARPHRD_* */ + unsigned short ifi_type; /* IFT_* */ int ifi_index; /* Interface index */ unsigned ifi_flags; /* IFF_* flags */ unsigned ifi_change; /* IFF_* change mask */ }; .Ed +.Pp +.Sy Note : +On +.Fx +the +.Va ifi_type +field uses +.Dv IFT_* +constants from +.In net/if_types.h +rather than +.Dv ARPHRD_* +as on Linux. .Ss RTM_NEWLINK Creates a new interface. The only mandatory TLV is diff --git a/sys/netlink/route/interface.h b/sys/netlink/route/interface.h index 0bd06ff1f6d5..e6aef3d702d8 100644 --- a/sys/netlink/route/interface.h +++ b/sys/netlink/route/interface.h @@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ struct ifinfomsg { unsigned char ifi_family; /* not used */ unsigned char __ifi_pad; - unsigned short ifi_type; /* ARPHRD_* */ - int ifi_index; /* Inteface index */ + unsigned short ifi_type; /* IFT_* (net/if_types.h) */ + int ifi_index; /* Interface index */ unsigned ifi_flags; /* IFF_* flags */ unsigned ifi_change; /* IFF_* change mask */ }; |