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authorAndrew Widdersheim2016-01-16 17:21:34 +0100
committerMichael Brown2016-01-18 09:50:44 +0100
commit3fd81799ba3857fb45443bf085cd402656a90b2f (patch)
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[netdevice] Add "ifname" setting
Expose the network interface name (e.g. "net0") as a setting. This allows a script to obtain the name of the most recently opened network interface via ${netX/ifname}. Signed-off-by: Andrew Widdersheim <amwiddersheim@gmail.com> Modified-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org> Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'src/net/netdev_settings.c')
-rw-r--r--src/net/netdev_settings.c22
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/net/netdev_settings.c b/src/net/netdev_settings.c
index edd4c4b9..c4fd3694 100644
--- a/src/net/netdev_settings.c
+++ b/src/net/netdev_settings.c
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ const struct setting chip_setting __setting ( SETTING_NETDEV, chip ) = {
.description = "Chip",
.type = &setting_type_string,
};
+const struct setting ifname_setting __setting ( SETTING_NETDEV, ifname ) = {
+ .name = "ifname",
+ .description = "Interface name",
+ .type = &setting_type_string,
+};
/**
* Store MAC address setting
@@ -199,6 +204,22 @@ static int netdev_fetch_chip ( struct net_device *netdev, void *data,
return strlen ( chip );
}
+/**
+ * Fetch ifname setting
+ *
+ * @v netdev Network device
+ * @v data Buffer to fill with setting data
+ * @v len Length of buffer
+ * @ret len Length of setting data, or negative error
+ */
+static int netdev_fetch_ifname ( struct net_device *netdev, void *data,
+ size_t len ) {
+ const char *ifname = netdev->name;
+
+ strncpy ( data, ifname, len );
+ return strlen ( ifname );
+}
+
/** A network device setting operation */
struct netdev_setting_operation {
/** Setting */
@@ -229,6 +250,7 @@ static struct netdev_setting_operation netdev_setting_operations[] = {
{ &busloc_setting, NULL, netdev_fetch_busloc },
{ &busid_setting, NULL, netdev_fetch_busid },
{ &chip_setting, NULL, netdev_fetch_chip },
+ { &ifname_setting, NULL, netdev_fetch_ifname },
};
/**