[netcf-devel] [PATCH] Implement ncf_if_status()

Daniel P. Berrange berrange at redhat.com
Fri Oct 23 16:28:53 UTC 2009


On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 05:37:40PM -0400, Laine Stump wrote:
> Here's a first draft of a suggested new API, subject to change based
> on comments.
> 
> ncf_if_status returns various status bits about the given interface. As a
> start, only a single bit is defined:
> 
>        NETCF_IFACE_STATUS_UP
> 
> This bit is set if the interface is currently up (active) and not set if it
> is currently down (inactive).
> 
> The value of all other bits should be considered random by an
> application program, as later versions of netcf may use them. In other
> words, you should always mask out all the other bits.


ACK, this looks sufficient for the usage I was wanting in libvirt.

Daniel
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