Hi Erik,
On 10/2/21 18:35, Erik Flodin wrote:
> A bit more than a month has passed so here's a ping :)
>
> // Erik
Thanks for the ping.
alarm(3600 * 24 * 30); // :)
>
> On Fri, 30 Apr 2021 at 21:32, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
> [PING mtk, netdev@]
> [CC += linux-kernel]
>
> Hi Erik,
>
> On 4/29/21 9:45 PM, Erik Flodin wrote:
> > On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 at 21:56, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >>
> >> [CC += netdev]
> >>
> >> Hi Erik,
> >>
> >> On 4/14/21 8:52 PM, Erik Flodin wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 at 20:53, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
> >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >>>> On 3/17/21 3:12 PM, Erik Flodin wrote:
> >>>>> The documentation for SIOCGIFFLAGS/SIOCSIFFLAGS in
> netdevice.7 lists
> >>>>> IFF_LOWER_UP, IFF_DORMANT and IFF_ECHO, but those can't be set in
> >>>>> ifr_flags as it is only a short and the flags start at 1<<16.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> See also
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=746e6ad23cd6fec2edce056e014a0eabeffa838c
> <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=746e6ad23cd6fec2edce056e014a0eabeffa838c>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I don't know what's the history of that.
> >>>
> >>> Judging from commit message in the commit linked above it was
> added by
> >>> mistake. As noted the flags are accessible via netlink, just
> not via
> >>> SIOCGIFFLAGS.
> >>>
> >>> // Erik
> >>>
> >>
> >> I should have CCd netdev@ before. Thanks for the update. Let's
> see if
> >> anyone there can comment.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Alex
> >>
>
> > Hi again,
> >
> > Have there been any updates on this one?
>
> No, Noone from the kernel answered. And I'm sorry, but I'm not sure
> what is going on in the code, so I don't want to close this here by just
> removing those flags from the manual page, because I worry that the
> actual code may be wrong or something. So I prefer that when Michael
> has some time he can maybe review this and say something. Ideally,
> someone from the kernel would also respond, but they haven't. I've CCd
> the LKML; let's see if someone reads this and can help.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alex
>
> P.S.: Please, if we haven't responded in a month from now, ping us
> again. Thanks again.
>
> >
> > // Erik
> >
> >>
> >> --
> >> Alejandro Colomar
> >> Linux man-pages comaintainer;
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>
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