[PATCH net] docs: operstates: document IF_OPER_TESTING
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Date: 2021-07-31 14:40:59
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documentation, networking [general], the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
IF_OPER_TESTING is in fact used today. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> --- Documentation/networking/operstates.rst | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/operstates.rst b/Documentation/networking/operstates.rst
index f6b9cce5b201..1ee2141e8ef1 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/operstates.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/operstates.rst@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ TLV IFLA_OPERSTATE state (f.e. VLAN). IF_OPER_TESTING (4): - Unused in current kernel. + Interface is in testing mode, for example executing driver self-tests + or media (cable) test. It can't be used for normal traffic until tests + complete. IF_OPER_DORMANT (5): Interface is L1 up, but waiting for an external event, f.e. for a
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