* [PATCH] rtnetlink.7: Add info about ability to create links with given index
@ 2013-02-18 17:14 Pavel Emelyanov
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From: Pavel Emelyanov @ 2013-02-18 17:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michael Kerrisk, linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA
Since kernel v3.7 the RTM_NEWLINK message not accepts non-zero values
in ifi_index field. Mention this fact in the respective rtneltlink.7
section.
Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul-bzQdu9zFT3WakBO8gow8eQ@public.gmane.org>
---
diff --git a/man7/rtnetlink.7 b/man7/rtnetlink.7
index ebd9107..0809026 100644
--- a/man7/rtnetlink.7
+++ b/man7/rtnetlink.7
@@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ struct ifinfomsg {
contains the device flags, see
.BR netdevice (7);
.I ifi_index
-is the unique interface index,
+is the unique interface index (since kernel v3.7 it is possible to feed a non-zero
+value with the
+.B RTM_NEWLINK
+message, thus creating a link with the given ifindex);
.I ifi_change
is reserved for future use and should be always set to 0xFFFFFFFF.
.na
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* Re: [PATCH] rtnetlink.7: Add info about ability to create links with given index
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@ 2013-02-28 14:14 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
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From: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) @ 2013-02-28 14:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Pavel Emelyanov; +Cc: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Pavel Emelyanov <xemul-bzQdu9zFT3WakBO8gow8eQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Since kernel v3.7 the RTM_NEWLINK message not accepts non-zero values
> in ifi_index field. Mention this fact in the respective rtneltlink.7
> section.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul-bzQdu9zFT3WakBO8gow8eQ@public.gmane.org>
Thanks Pavel. Applied.
Cheers,
Michael
> ---
>
> diff --git a/man7/rtnetlink.7 b/man7/rtnetlink.7
> index ebd9107..0809026 100644
> --- a/man7/rtnetlink.7
> +++ b/man7/rtnetlink.7
> @@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ struct ifinfomsg {
> contains the device flags, see
> .BR netdevice (7);
> .I ifi_index
> -is the unique interface index,
> +is the unique interface index (since kernel v3.7 it is possible to feed a non-zero
> +value with the
> +.B RTM_NEWLINK
> +message, thus creating a link with the given ifindex);
> .I ifi_change
> is reserved for future use and should be always set to 0xFFFFFFFF.
> .na
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Author of "The Linux Programming Interface"; http://man7.org/tlpi/
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