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ENUM NETDEV_PRIV_FLA(9) Network device support ENUM NETDEV_PRIV_FLA(9)

NAME

enum_netdev_priv_flags - struct net_device priv_flags

SYNOPSIS

enum netdev_priv_flags {
  IFF_802_1Q_VLAN,
  IFF_EBRIDGE,
  IFF_BONDING,
  IFF_ISATAP,
  IFF_WAN_HDLC,
  IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE,
  IFF_DONT_BRIDGE,
  IFF_DISABLE_NETPOLL,
  IFF_MACVLAN_PORT,
  IFF_BRIDGE_PORT,
  IFF_OVS_DATAPATH,
  IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING,
  IFF_UNICAST_FLT,
  IFF_TEAM_PORT,
  IFF_SUPP_NOFCS,
  IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE,
  IFF_MACVLAN,
  IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE_PERM,
  IFF_IPVLAN_MASTER,
  IFF_IPVLAN_SLAVE,
  IFF_L3MDEV_MASTER,
  IFF_NO_QUEUE,
  IFF_OPENVSWITCH,
  IFF_L3MDEV_SLAVE,
  IFF_TEAM,
  IFF_RXFH_CONFIGURED,
  IFF_PHONY_HEADROOM,
  IFF_MACSEC
};  

CONSTANTS

IFF_802_1Q_VLAN
802.1Q VLAN device
IFF_EBRIDGE
Ethernet bridging device
IFF_BONDING
bonding master or slave
IFF_ISATAP
ISATAP interface (RFC4214)
IFF_WAN_HDLC
WAN HDLC device
IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE
dev_hard_start_xmit is allowed to release skb->dst
IFF_DONT_BRIDGE
disallow bridging this ether dev
IFF_DISABLE_NETPOLL
disable netpoll at run-time
IFF_MACVLAN_PORT
device used as macvlan port
IFF_BRIDGE_PORT
device used as bridge port
IFF_OVS_DATAPATH
device used as Open vSwitch datapath port
IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING
The interface supports sharing skbs on transmit
IFF_UNICAST_FLT
Supports unicast filtering
IFF_TEAM_PORT
device used as team port
IFF_SUPP_NOFCS
device supports sending custom FCS
IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE
device supports hardware address change when it's running
IFF_MACVLAN
Macvlan device
IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE_PERM
IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE not taking into account underlying stacked devices
IFF_IPVLAN_MASTER
IPvlan master device
IFF_IPVLAN_SLAVE
IPvlan slave device
IFF_L3MDEV_MASTER
device is an L3 master device
IFF_NO_QUEUE
device can run without qdisc attached
IFF_OPENVSWITCH
device is a Open vSwitch master
IFF_L3MDEV_SLAVE
device is enslaved to an L3 master device
IFF_TEAM
device is a team device
IFF_RXFH_CONFIGURED
device has had Rx Flow indirection table configured
IFF_PHONY_HEADROOM
the headroom value is controlled by an external entity (i.e. the master device for bridged veth)
IFF_MACSEC
device is a MACsec device

DESCRIPTION

These are the struct net_device, they are only set internally by drivers and used in the kernel. These flags are invisible to userspace; this means that the order of these flags can change during any kernel release.
You should have a pretty good reason to be extending these flags.

COPYRIGHT

January 2017 Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.