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| author | Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> | 2021-07-31 17:40:52 +0300 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2021-08-02 17:16:04 +0300 |
| commit | 7a7b8635b622add64d98cff84bf3ee71eac36237 (patch) | |
| tree | 3a55cdc80393f2418bc0d3ce638f30b1b0dbdddc /Documentation/networking | |
| parent | 66e0da21728343bd3e75230a53d909e045fb9dd7 (diff) | |
| download | linux-7a7b8635b622add64d98cff84bf3ee71eac36237.tar.xz | |
docs: operstates: document IF_OPER_TESTING
IF_OPER_TESTING is in fact used today.
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/operstates.rst | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/operstates.rst b/Documentation/networking/operstates.rst index f6b9cce5b201..1ee2141e8ef1 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/operstates.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/operstates.rst @@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ IF_OPER_LOWERLAYERDOWN (3): state (f.e. VLAN). IF_OPER_TESTING (4): - Unused in current kernel. + Interface is in testing mode, for example executing driver self-tests + or media (cable) test. It can't be used for normal traffic until tests + complete. IF_OPER_DORMANT (5): Interface is L1 up, but waiting for an external event, f.e. for a |