netlink: dump interface capabilities with other interface data
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Authored by melifaro on May 30 2023, 10:47 AM.

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rGc344eff91070: netlink: dump interface capabilities with other interface data.

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This change exports interface capabilities using the standard Netlink attribute type, bitset, and switches ifconfig(8) to use it when displaying interface data.

Bitset comes in two representations. The first one is "compact", where the bits are exported via two arrays - "mask" listing the "valid" bits and "values, providing the values for those bits. The second one is more verbose, listing each bit as a separate item, with its name, id and value. The latter option is handy when submitting update requests.

The support for setting capabilities will be added in the upcoming diffs.

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melifaro created this revision.May 30 2023, 10:47 AM

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Harbormaster completed remote builds in B51771: Diff 122603.May 30 2023, 10:47 AM

melifaro retitled this revision from netlink: add support for getting ifcaps to netlink: dump interface capabilities with other interface data.May 30 2023, 10:58 AM

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afedorov added a subscriber: afedorov.May 30 2023, 9:07 PM

kib added inline comments.Jun 2 2023, 11:52 AM

sys/net/if.h
341	At very least, can you add something along IFCAP_BIT() and make IFCAP_XXX expressed as IFCAP_BIT(IFCAP_B_XXX) and IFCAP2_BIT() as needed?
353	Why do we need this array embedded into each compilation unit including if.h?