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| author |   Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org> | 2015-11-08 06:16:08 -0800 |
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| committer | Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org> | 2015-11-08 06:29:17 -0800 |
| commit | 15cd79dc46303988464d962ad6bf59050feba801 (patch) | |
| tree | 705e46243e3ed906a644f6bd3aaab2d044fc42fb | |
| parent | TODO: Document more interface types we need to support. (diff) | |
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New interface type: dummy.
Signed-off-by: Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | TODO | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/net.example.Linux.in | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/dummy.sh | 41 |
3 files changed, 50 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ - add vlan3 - _ifindex (eth0=0,vlan2=1,vlan3=2) Now your routing table has entries for both vlan2 and vlan3 with a metric of 2. - Support many more device types easily: - - Dummy: ip link add dev dummy1 type dummy - HSR: ip link add name hsr0 type hsr slave1 dummy3 slave2 dummy4 - VXLAN: ip link add link dummy2 name vxlan199 type vxlan id 199 dev dummy2 group 224.2.0.199 dstport 4789 - IPVLAN: ... diff --git a/doc/net.example.Linux.in b/doc/net.example.Linux.in index f71385d..1eaebac 100644 --- a/doc/net.example.Linux.in +++ b/doc/net.example.Linux.in @@ -150,6 +150,15 @@ ############################################################################## # OPTIONAL MODULES +#----------------------------------------------------------------------------- +# IPROUTE2 INTERFACE TYPES +# The type_$iface variable maps to the link type parameter in iproute2. +# If you need to use additional interface types, you should try to use that +# parameter. Supported interface types are listed below. Please note that some +# interface types may mandate a specific naming scheme. +# +# Dummy network interface: +#type_dummy0=dummy #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # WIRELESS (802.11 support) diff --git a/net/dummy.sh b/net/dummy.sh new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3050216 --- /dev/null +++ b/net/dummy.sh @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +# Copyright (c) 2015 Gentoo Foundation +# All rights reserved. Released under the 2-clause BSD license. + +dummy_depend() +{ + program ip + after interface + before dhcp macchanger +} + +_is_dummy() { + is_interface_type dummy +} + +dummy_pre_start() +{ + local dummy= + eval dummy=\$type_${IFVAR} + [ "${dummy}" = "dummy" ] || return 0 + + ebegin "Creating dummy interface ${IFACE}" + cmd="ip link add name "${IFACE}" type dummy" + veinfo $cmd + if $cmd ; then + eend 0 && _up && set_interface_type dummy + else + eend 1 + fi +} + + +dummy_post_stop() +{ + _is_dummy || return 0 + + ebegin "Removing dummy ${IFACE}" + cmd="ip link delete "${IFACE}" type dummy" + veinfo "$cmd" + $cmd + eend $? +} |