2 * swlib.h: Switch configuration API (user space part)
4 * Copyright (C) 2008 Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
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16 Usage of the library functions:
18 The main datastructure for a switch is the struct switch_device
19 To get started, you first need to use switch_connect() to probe
20 for switches and allocate an instance of this struct.
22 There are two possible usage modes:
23 dev = switch_connect("eth0");
24 - this call will look for a switch registered for the linux device
25 "eth0" and only allocate a switch_device for this particular switch.
27 dev = switch_connect(NULL)
28 - this will return one switch_device struct for each available
29 switch. The switch_device structs are chained with by ->next pointer
31 Then to query a switch for all available attributes, use:
34 All allocated datastructures for the switch_device struct can be freed with
39 The latter traverses a whole chain of switch_device structs and frees them all
41 Switch attributes (struct switch_attr) are divided into three groups:
49 switch_lookup_attr() is a small helper function to locate attributes
52 switch_set_attr() and switch_get_attr() can alter or request the values
55 Usage of the switch_attr struct:
57 ->atype: attribute group, one of:
58 - SWLIB_ATTR_GROUP_GLOBAL
59 - SWLIB_ATTR_GROUP_VLAN
60 - SWLIB_ATTR_GROUP_PORT
62 ->id: identifier for the attribute
64 ->type: data type, one of:
69 ->name: short name of the attribute
70 ->description: longer description
71 ->next: pointer to the next attribute of the current group
74 Usage of the switch_val struct:
76 When setting attributes, following members of the struct switch_val need
79 ->len (for attr->type == SWITCH_TYPE_PORT)
81 - port number (for attr->atype == SWLIB_ATTR_GROUP_PORT), or:
82 - vlan number (for attr->atype == SWLIB_ATTR_GROUP_VLAN)
83 ->value.i (for attr->type == SWITCH_TYPE_INT)
84 ->value.s (for attr->type == SWITCH_TYPE_STRING)
85 - owned by the caller, not stored in the library internally
86 ->value.ports (for attr->type == SWITCH_TYPE_PORT)
87 - must point to an array of at lest val->len * sizeof(struct switch_port)
89 When getting string attributes, val->value.s must be freed by the caller
90 When getting port list attributes, an internal static buffer is used,
91 which changes from call to call.
98 enum swlib_attr_group
{
99 SWLIB_ATTR_GROUP_GLOBAL
,
100 SWLIB_ATTR_GROUP_VLAN
,
101 SWLIB_ATTR_GROUP_PORT
,
104 enum swlib_port_flags
{
105 SWLIB_PORT_FLAG_TAGGED
= (1 << 0),
117 const char *dev_name
;
120 struct switch_attr
*ops
;
121 struct switch_attr
*port_ops
;
122 struct switch_attr
*vlan_ops
;
123 struct switch_dev
*next
;
128 struct switch_attr
*attr
;
135 struct switch_port
*ports
;
140 struct switch_dev
*dev
;
145 const char *description
;
146 struct switch_attr
*next
;
155 * swlib_connect: connect to the switch through netlink
156 * @name: name of the ethernet interface,
158 * if name is NULL, it connect and builds a chain of all switches
160 struct switch_dev
*swlib_connect(const char *name
);
163 * swlib_free: free all dynamically allocated data for the switch connection
164 * @dev: switch device struct
166 * all members of a switch device chain (generated by swlib_connect(NULL))
167 * must be freed individually
169 void swlib_free(struct switch_dev
*dev
);
172 * swlib_free_all: run swlib_free on all devices in the chain
173 * @dev: switch device struct
175 void swlib_free_all(struct switch_dev
*dev
);
178 * swlib_scan: probe the switch driver for available commands/attributes
179 * @dev: switch device struct
181 int swlib_scan(struct switch_dev
*dev
);
184 * swlib_lookup_attr: look up a switch attribute
185 * @dev: switch device struct
186 * @type: global, port or vlan
187 * @name: name of the attribute
189 struct switch_attr
*swlib_lookup_attr(struct switch_dev
*dev
,
190 enum swlib_attr_group atype
, const char *name
);
193 * swlib_set_attr: set the value for an attribute
194 * @dev: switch device struct
195 * @attr: switch attribute struct
196 * @val: attribute value pointer
197 * returns 0 on success
199 int swlib_set_attr(struct switch_dev
*dev
, struct switch_attr
*attr
,
200 struct switch_val
*val
);
203 * swlib_get_attr: get the value for an attribute
204 * @dev: switch device struct
205 * @attr: switch attribute struct
206 * @val: attribute value pointer
207 * returns 0 on success
208 * for string attributes, the result string must be freed by the caller
210 int swlib_get_attr(struct switch_dev
*dev
, struct switch_attr
*attr
,
211 struct switch_val
*val
);
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