(split) LDP: Update original to LDP v3.40.

[linuxjm/LDP_man-pages.git] / original / man7 / netdevice.7

diff --git a/original/man7/netdevice.7 b/original/man7/netdevice.7
index d854722..f785568 100644 (file)
--- a/original/man7/netdevice.7
+++ b/original/man7/netdevice.7
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@
 .\"
 .\" Modified, 2004-11-25, mtk, formatting and a few wording fixes
 .\"
-.TH NETDEVICE  7 2009-01-14 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.\" Modified, 2011-11-02, <bidulock@openss7.org>, added many basic
+.\"  but missing ioctls, such as SIOCGIFADDR.
+.\"
+.TH NETDEVICE  7 2012-04-26 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 netdevice \- Low level access to Linux network devices
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -120,6 +123,59 @@ IFF_ECHO:Echo sent packets (since Linux 2.6.25)
 Setting the active flag word is a privileged operation, but any
 process may read it.
 .TP
+.BR SIOCGIFPFLAGS ", " SIOCSIFPFLAGS
+Get or set extended (private) flags for the device.
+.I ifr_flags
+contains a bit mask of the following values:
+.TS
+tab(:);
+c s
+l l.
+Private flags
+IFF_802_1Q_VLAN:Interface is 802.1Q VLAN device.
+IFF_EBRIDGE:Interface is Ethernet bridging device.
+IFF_SLAVE_INACTIVE:Interface is inactive bonding slave.
+IFF_MASTER_8023AD:Interface is 802.3ad bonding master.
+IFF_MASTER_ALB:Interface is balanced-alb bonding master.
+IFF_BONDING:Interface is a bonding master or slave.
+IFF_SLAVE_NEEDARP:Interface needs ARPs for validation.
+IFF_ISATAP:Interface is RFC4214 ISATAP interface.
+.TE
+.sp
+Setting the extended (private) interface flags is a privileged operation.
+.TP
+.BR SIOCGIFADDR ", " SIOCSIFADDR
+Get or set the address of the device using
+.IR ifr_addr .
+Setting the interface address is a privileged operation.
+For compatibility, only
+.B AF_INET
+addresses are accepted or returned.
+.TP
+.BR SIOCGIFDSTADDR ", " SIOCSIFDSTADDR
+Get or set the destination address of a point-to-point device using
+.IR ifr_dstaddr .
+For compatibility, only
+.B AF_INET
+addresses are accepted or returned.
+Setting the destination address is a privileged operation.
+.TP
+.BR SIOCGIFBRDADDR ", " SIOCSIFBRDADDR
+Get or set the broadcast address for a device using
+.IR ifr_brdaddr .
+For compatibility, only
+.B AF_INET
+addresses are accepted or returned.
+Setting the broadcast address is a privileged operation.
+.TP
+.BR SIOCGIFNETMASK ", " SIOCSIFNETMASK
+Get or set the network mask for a device using
+.IR ifr_netmask .
+For compatibility, only
+.B AF_INET
+addresses are accepted or returned.
+Setting the network mask is a privileged operation.
+.TP
 .BR SIOCGIFMETRIC ", " SIOCSIFMETRIC
 Get or set the metric of the device using
 .IR ifr_metric .
@@ -247,7 +303,10 @@ These are not described here.
 .SH NOTES
 Strictly speaking,
 .B SIOCGIFCONF
-is IP specific and belongs in
+and the other ioctls that only accept or return
+.B AF_INET
+socket addresses,
+are IP specific and belong in
 .BR ip (7).
 .LP
 The names of interfaces with no addresses or that don't have the