From 2b4a8990b7df55875745a80a609a1ceaaf51f322 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michal Kubecek Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 15:55:18 +0100 Subject: ethtool: introduce ethtool netlink interface Basic genetlink and init infrastructure for the netlink interface, register genetlink family "ethtool". Add CONFIG_ETHTOOL_NETLINK Kconfig option to make the build optional. Add initial overall interface description into Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst, further patches will add more detailed information. Signed-off-by: Michal Kubecek Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) create mode 100644 include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h (limited to 'include/uapi') diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..3c93276ba066 --- /dev/null +++ b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only WITH Linux-syscall-note */ +/* + * include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h - netlink interface for ethtool + * + * See Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.txt in kernel source tree for + * doucumentation of the interface. + */ + +#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_ETHTOOL_NETLINK_H_ +#define _UAPI_LINUX_ETHTOOL_NETLINK_H_ + +#include + +/* message types - userspace to kernel */ +enum { + ETHTOOL_MSG_USER_NONE, + + /* add new constants above here */ + __ETHTOOL_MSG_USER_CNT, + ETHTOOL_MSG_USER_MAX = __ETHTOOL_MSG_USER_CNT - 1 +}; + +/* message types - kernel to userspace */ +enum { + ETHTOOL_MSG_KERNEL_NONE, + + /* add new constants above here */ + __ETHTOOL_MSG_KERNEL_CNT, + ETHTOOL_MSG_KERNEL_MAX = __ETHTOOL_MSG_KERNEL_CNT - 1 +}; + +/* generic netlink info */ +#define ETHTOOL_GENL_NAME "ethtool" +#define ETHTOOL_GENL_VERSION 1 + +#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_ETHTOOL_NETLINK_H_ */ -- cgit v1.2.3