os/ossrv/genericopenlibs/openenvcore/include/net/if.dosc
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     1.4 +/** @file ../include/net/if.h
     1.5 +@internalComponent
     1.6 +*/
     1.7 +
     1.8 +
     1.9 +/** @def IF_NAMESIZE	
    1.10 +
    1.11 +Length of interface external name, including terminating '\\0'.
    1.12 +Limitation: IAP names in P.I.P.S. are restricted to 49 bytes in ASCII. For names in languages with a multi-byte character set,
    1.13 +you can go upto 24 characters for 2-byte and 16 characters for 3-byte representations. 
    1.14 +All lengths are excluding the terminal NULL character.
    1.15 +
    1.16 +@publishedAll
    1.17 +@externallyDefinedApi
    1.18 +*/
    1.19 +
    1.20 +/** @fn  if_freenameindex(struct if_nameindex *ptr)
    1.21 +@param ptr
    1.22 +
    1.23 +Refer to if_nametoindex() for the documentation
    1.24 +
    1.25 +
    1.26 + 
    1.27 +
    1.28 +@publishedAll
    1.29 +@externallyDefinedApi
    1.30 +*/
    1.31 +
    1.32 +
    1.33 +
    1.34 +/** @fn  if_nameindex(void)
    1.35 +
    1.36 +Refer to if_nametoindex() for the documentation
    1.37 +
    1.38 +
    1.39 + 
    1.40 +
    1.41 +@publishedAll
    1.42 +@externallyDefinedApi
    1.43 +*/
    1.44 +
    1.45 +
    1.46 +
    1.47 +/** @fn  if_indextoname(unsigned int ifindex, char *ifname)
    1.48 +@param ifindex
    1.49 +@param ifname
    1.50 +
    1.51 +Refer to if_nametoindex() for the documentation
    1.52 +
    1.53 +
    1.54 + 
    1.55 +
    1.56 +@publishedAll
    1.57 +@externallyDefinedApi
    1.58 +*/
    1.59 +
    1.60 +
    1.61 +/** @fn  if_nametoindex(const char *ifname)
    1.62 +@param ifname
    1.63 +
    1.64 +Note: This description also covers the following functions -
    1.65 + if_indextoname()  if_nameindex()  if_freenameindex() 
    1.66 +
    1.67 +@return   Upon successful completion, if_nametoindex returns the index number of the interface.
    1.68 +If the interface is not found, a value of 0 is returned and errno is set to ENXIO. Upon successful completion, if_indextoname returns ifname. If the interface is not found, a NULL pointer is returned and errno is set to ENXIO. The if_nameindex returns a NULL pointer if sufficient memory cannot be allocated.
    1.69 +
    1.70 +  The if_nametoindex function maps the interface name specified in ifname to its corresponding index.
    1.71 +If the specified interface does not exist, it returns 0.
    1.72 +
    1.73 + The if_indextoname function maps the interface index specified in ifindex to it corresponding name, which is copied into the
    1.74 +buffer pointed to by ifname, which must be of at least IFNAMSIZ bytes.
    1.75 +This pointer is also the return value of the function.
    1.76 +If there is no interface corresponding to the specified
    1.77 +index, NULL is returned.
    1.78 +
    1.79 +@code
    1.80 + The if_nameindex function returns an array of if_nameindex structures, one structure per interface, as defined in the include 
    1.81 +  file #include <net/if.h>; 
    1.82 +  The if_nameindex structure contains at least the following entries: 
    1.83 +  unsigned int   if_index;  /* 1, 2, ... */
    1.84 +    char          *if_name;   /* null terminated name: "le0", ... */
    1.85 +@endcode
    1.86 +
    1.87 + The end of the array of structures is indicated by a structure with an if_index of 0 and an if_name of NULL. A NULL pointer is returned upon an error.
    1.88 +
    1.89 + The if_freenameindex function frees the dynamic memory that was
    1.90 +allocated by if_nameindex.
    1.91 +
    1.92 +
    1.93 +
    1.94 +
    1.95 +
    1.96 + 
    1.97 +
    1.98 +@publishedAll
    1.99 +@externallyDefinedApi
   1.100 +*/
   1.101 +
   1.102 +
   1.103 +
   1.104 +/** @struct if_nameindex
   1.105 +
   1.106 +Includes the following members,
   1.107 +
   1.108 +@publishedAll
   1.109 +@externallyDefinedApi
   1.110 +*/
   1.111 +
   1.112 +/** @var if_nameindex::if_index
   1.113 +
   1.114 +Numeric index of the interface. 
   1.115 +
   1.116 +*/
   1.117 +
   1.118 +/** @var if_nameindex::if_name
   1.119 +
   1.120 +Null-terminated name of the interface. 
   1.121 +
   1.122 +*/
   1.123 +
   1.124 +/** @struct if_clonereq
   1.125 +
   1.126 +Structure used to query names of interface cloners.
   1.127 +
   1.128 +@publishedAll
   1.129 +@released
   1.130 +*/
   1.131 +
   1.132 +/** @var if_clonereq::ifcr_total
   1.133 +
   1.134 +total cloners (out)
   1.135 +
   1.136 +*/
   1.137 +
   1.138 +/** @var if_clonereq::ifcr_count
   1.139 +
   1.140 +room for this many in user buffer
   1.141 +
   1.142 +*/
   1.143 +
   1.144 +/** @var if_clonereq::ifcr_buffer
   1.145 +
   1.146 +buffer for cloner names
   1.147 +
   1.148 +*/
   1.149 +
   1.150 +/** @struct if_data
   1.151 +
   1.152 +Structure describing information about an interface which may be of interest to management entities.
   1.153 +
   1.154 +@publishedAll
   1.155 +@released
   1.156 +*/
   1.157 +
   1.158 +/** @var if_data::ifi_type
   1.159 +
   1.160 +generic interface information. 
   1.161 +ethernet, tokenring, etc
   1.162 +
   1.163 +*/
   1.164 +
   1.165 +/** @var if_data::ifi_physical
   1.166 +
   1.167 +generic interface information
   1.168 +e.g., AUI, Thinnet, 10base-T, etc
   1.169 +
   1.170 +*/
   1.171 +
   1.172 +/** @var if_data::ifi_addrlen
   1.173 +
   1.174 +generic interface information
   1.175 +media address length 
   1.176 +
   1.177 +*/
   1.178 +
   1.179 +/** @var if_data::ifi_hdrlen
   1.180 +
   1.181 +generic interface information
   1.182 +media header length
   1.183 +
   1.184 +*/
   1.185 +
   1.186 +/** @var if_data::ifi_link_state
   1.187 +
   1.188 +generic interface information
   1.189 +current link state
   1.190 +
   1.191 +*/
   1.192 +
   1.193 +/** @var if_data::ifi_recvquota
   1.194 +
   1.195 +generic interface information
   1.196 +polling quota for receive intrs
   1.197 +
   1.198 +*/
   1.199 +
   1.200 +/** @var if_data::ifi_xmitquota
   1.201 +
   1.202 +generic interface information
   1.203 +polling quota for xmit intrs
   1.204 +
   1.205 +*/
   1.206 +
   1.207 +/** @var if_data::ifi_datalen
   1.208 +
   1.209 +generic interface information
   1.210 +length of this data struct 
   1.211 +
   1.212 +*/
   1.213 +
   1.214 +/** @var if_data::ifi_mtu
   1.215 +
   1.216 +generic interface information
   1.217 +maximum transmission unit
   1.218 +
   1.219 +*/
   1.220 +
   1.221 +/** @var if_data::ifi_metric
   1.222 +
   1.223 +generic interface information
   1.224 +routing metric (external only)
   1.225 +
   1.226 +*/
   1.227 +
   1.228 +/** @var if_data::ifi_baudrate
   1.229 +
   1.230 +generic interface information
   1.231 +linespeed
   1.232 +
   1.233 +*/
   1.234 +
   1.235 +/** @var if_data::ifi_ipackets
   1.236 +
   1.237 +volatile statistics.
   1.238 +packets received on interface 
   1.239 +
   1.240 +*/
   1.241 +/** @var if_data::ifi_ierrors
   1.242 +
   1.243 +volatile statistics.
   1.244 +input errors on interface
   1.245 +
   1.246 +*/
   1.247 +
   1.248 +/** @var if_data::ifi_opackets
   1.249 +
   1.250 +volatile statistics.
   1.251 +packets sent on interface.
   1.252 +
   1.253 +*/
   1.254 +
   1.255 +/** @var if_data::ifi_oerrors
   1.256 +
   1.257 +volatile statistics.
   1.258 +output errors on interface.
   1.259 +
   1.260 +*/
   1.261 +
   1.262 +/** @var if_data::ifi_collisions
   1.263 +
   1.264 +volatile statistics.
   1.265 +collisions on csma interfaces.
   1.266 +
   1.267 +*/
   1.268 +
   1.269 +/** @var if_data::ifi_ibytes
   1.270 +
   1.271 +volatile statistics.
   1.272 +total number of octets received.
   1.273 +
   1.274 +*/
   1.275 +
   1.276 +/** @var if_data::ifi_obytes
   1.277 +
   1.278 +volatile statistics.
   1.279 +total number of octets sent.
   1.280 +
   1.281 +*/
   1.282 +
   1.283 +/** @var if_data::ifi_imcasts
   1.284 +
   1.285 +volatile statistics.
   1.286 +packets received via multicast.
   1.287 +
   1.288 +*/
   1.289 +
   1.290 +/** @var if_data::ifi_omcasts
   1.291 +
   1.292 +volatile statistics.
   1.293 +packets sent via multicast
   1.294 +
   1.295 +*/
   1.296 +
   1.297 +/** @var if_data::ifi_iqdrops
   1.298 +
   1.299 +volatile statistics.
   1.300 +dropped on input, this interface.
   1.301 +
   1.302 +*/
   1.303 +
   1.304 +/** @var if_data::ifi_noproto
   1.305 +
   1.306 +volatile statistics.
   1.307 +destined for unsupported protocol.
   1.308 +
   1.309 +*/
   1.310 +
   1.311 +/** @var if_data::ifi_hwassist
   1.312 +
   1.313 +volatile statistics.
   1.314 +HW offload capabilities
   1.315 +
   1.316 +*/
   1.317 +
   1.318 +/** @var if_data::ifi_epoch
   1.319 +
   1.320 +volatile statistics.
   1.321 +uptime at attach or stat reset.
   1.322 +
   1.323 +*/
   1.324 +
   1.325 +/** @var if_data::ifi_timepad
   1.326 +
   1.327 +volatile statistics.
   1.328 +time_t is int, not long on alpha.
   1.329 +
   1.330 +*/
   1.331 +
   1.332 +/** @var if_data::ifi_lastchange
   1.333 +
   1.334 +volatile statistics.
   1.335 +time of last administrative change
   1.336 +
   1.337 +*/
   1.338 +
   1.339 +/** @struct if_msghdr
   1.340 +
   1.341 +Message format for use in obtaining information about interfaces from getkerninfo and the routing socket
   1.342 +
   1.343 +@publishedAll
   1.344 +@released
   1.345 +*/
   1.346 +
   1.347 +/** @struct ifa_msghdr
   1.348 +
   1.349 +Message format for use in obtaining information about interface addresses from getkerninfo and the routing socket
   1.350 +
   1.351 +@publishedAll
   1.352 +@released
   1.353 +*/
   1.354 +
   1.355 +/** @var ifa_msghdr::ifam_msglen
   1.356 +
   1.357 +to skip over non-understood messages
   1.358 +
   1.359 +*/
   1.360 +
   1.361 +/** @var ifa_msghdr::ifam_version
   1.362 +
   1.363 +future binary compatibility
   1.364 +
   1.365 +*/
   1.366 +
   1.367 +/** @var ifa_msghdr::ifam_type
   1.368 +
   1.369 +message type
   1.370 +
   1.371 +*/
   1.372 +
   1.373 +/** @var ifa_msghdr::ifam_addrs
   1.374 +
   1.375 +like rtm_addrs
   1.376 +
   1.377 +*/
   1.378 +
   1.379 +/** @var ifa_msghdr::ifam_flags
   1.380 +
   1.381 +value of ifa_flags
   1.382 +
   1.383 +*/
   1.384 +
   1.385 +/** @var ifa_msghdr::ifam_index
   1.386 +
   1.387 +index for associated ifp
   1.388 +
   1.389 +*/
   1.390 +
   1.391 +/** @var ifa_msghdr::ifam_metric
   1.392 +
   1.393 +index for associated ifp
   1.394 +
   1.395 +*/
   1.396 +
   1.397 +/** @struct ifma_msghdr
   1.398 +
   1.399 +Message format for use in obtaining information about multicast addresses from the routing socket
   1.400 +
   1.401 +@publishedAll
   1.402 +@released
   1.403 +*/
   1.404 +
   1.405 +/** @var ifma_msghdr::ifmam_msglen
   1.406 +
   1.407 +to skip over non-understood messages
   1.408 +
   1.409 +*/
   1.410 +
   1.411 +/** @var ifma_msghdr::ifmam_version
   1.412 +
   1.413 +future binary compatibility
   1.414 +
   1.415 +*/
   1.416 +
   1.417 +/** @var ifma_msghdr::ifmam_type
   1.418 +
   1.419 +message type
   1.420 +
   1.421 +*/
   1.422 +
   1.423 +/** @var ifma_msghdr::ifmam_addrs
   1.424 +
   1.425 +like rtm_addrs
   1.426 +
   1.427 +*/
   1.428 +
   1.429 +/** @var ifma_msghdr::ifmam_flags
   1.430 +
   1.431 +value of ifa_flags
   1.432 +
   1.433 +*/
   1.434 +
   1.435 +/** @var ifma_msghdr::ifmam_index
   1.436 +
   1.437 +index for associated ifp
   1.438 +
   1.439 +*/
   1.440 +
   1.441 +
   1.442 +/** @struct if_announcemsghdr
   1.443 +
   1.444 +Message format announcing the arrival or departure of a network interface.
   1.445 +
   1.446 +@publishedAll
   1.447 +@released
   1.448 +*/
   1.449 +
   1.450 +/** @var if_announcemsghdr::ifan_msglen
   1.451 +
   1.452 +to skip over non-understood messages
   1.453 +
   1.454 +*/
   1.455 +
   1.456 +/** @var if_announcemsghdr::ifan_version
   1.457 +
   1.458 +future binary compatibility
   1.459 +
   1.460 +*/
   1.461 +
   1.462 +/** @var if_announcemsghdr::ifan_type
   1.463 +
   1.464 +message type
   1.465 +
   1.466 +*/
   1.467 +
   1.468 +/** @var if_announcemsghdr::ifan_index
   1.469 +
   1.470 +index for associated ifp
   1.471 +
   1.472 +*/
   1.473 +
   1.474 +/** @var if_announcemsghdr::ifan_name
   1.475 +
   1.476 +if name, e.g. "en0"
   1.477 +
   1.478 +*/
   1.479 +
   1.480 +/** @var if_announcemsghdr::ifan_what
   1.481 +
   1.482 +what type of announcement
   1.483 +
   1.484 +*/
   1.485 +
   1.486 +
   1.487 +/** @struct ifreq
   1.488 +
   1.489 +Interface request structure used for socket ioctl's.  
   1.490 +All interface ioctl's must have parameter definitions which begin with ifr_name.  The remainder may be interface specific.
   1.491 +
   1.492 +@publishedAll
   1.493 +@released
   1.494 +*/
   1.495 +
   1.496 +/** @struct ifconf
   1.497 +
   1.498 +Structure used in SIOCGIFCONF request.
   1.499 +Used to retrieve interface configuration for machine (useful for programs which must know all networks accessible).
   1.500 +
   1.501 +@publishedAll
   1.502 +@released
   1.503 +*/
   1.504 +
   1.505 +
   1.506 +/** @struct if_laddrreq
   1.507 +
   1.508 +Structure for SIOC[AGD]LIFADDR
   1.509 +
   1.510 +@publishedAll
   1.511 +@released
   1.512 +*/
   1.513 +
   1.514 +
   1.515 +/** @fn  int setdefaultif( const struct ifreq* ifrequest )
   1.516 +@param ifrequest
   1.517 +
   1.518 +@return   The  setdefaultif returns 0 on success and -1 on failure.
   1.519 +Specifically, if the interface is not found, -1 is returned and errno is set to ENOENT.
   1.520 +
   1.521 +The setdefaultif function can be used to set (or remove) a default network interface (either IAP or SNAP) for the application. 
   1.522 +This default interface, if set, will be used by all the further socket related function calls (connect, send, write etc)
   1.523 +and all the host resolver function calls (getaddrinfo, getnameinfo, gethostbyname, getaddrbyname etc).
   1.524 +
   1.525 +If there is a default interface set using setdefaultif and if there is a separate interface set on a socket 
   1.526 +using the ioctl system call, network operations on that socket will not use the default one, 
   1.527 +but the socket specific interface.
   1.528 +
   1.529 +To remove the default interace, pass NULL as the argument.  
   1.530 +
   1.531 +To set an IAP name as the default interface, the 'ifr_name' member of the 'ifreq' structure must be filled with 
   1.532 +the IAP name to be set. Unicode IAP names can also be set by converting them to UTF8 format before passing them to 
   1.533 +this API. See the example below:
   1.534 +
   1.535 +@code
   1.536 +#include <stdio.h>
   1.537 +#include <string.h>
   1.538 +#include <net/if.h>
   1.539 +
   1.540 +int main()
   1.541 +	{
   1.542 +	struct ifreq ifReq;
   1.543 +	int ret;
   1.544 +	
   1.545 +	/* Set the default interface using IAP name */
   1.546 +	strcpy( ifReq.ifr_name, "Example Interface Name" );
   1.547 +	ret = setdefaultif( &ifReq );
   1.548 +	if( ret == -1 )
   1.549 +		printf( "Setting default interface failed with errno = %d", errno );
   1.550 +	
   1.551 +	/* Perform network operations */
   1.552 +	/* ... */
   1.553 +	
   1.554 +	/* Remove the default interface */
   1.555 +	ret = setdefaultif( NULL );
   1.556 +	if( ret == -1 )
   1.557 +		printf( "Removing default interface failed with errno = %d", errno );
   1.558 +	
   1.559 +	return 0;
   1.560 +	}
   1.561 +@endcode 
   1.562 +
   1.563 +To set a SNAP id as the default interface, the 'ifr_name' member of the 'ifreq' structure must be an empty string.
   1.564 +In this case, the 'snap_id' member of the 'ifr_ifru' union in the parameter should contain the SNAP id to be set.
   1.565 +It is recommended to zero initialize the 'ifreq' structure in this case. See the example below. 
   1.566 +
   1.567 +@code
   1.568 +#include <stdio.h>
   1.569 +#include <string.h>
   1.570 +#include <net/if.h>
   1.571 +
   1.572 +int main()
   1.573 +	{
   1.574 +	struct ifreq ifReq;
   1.575 +	int ret;
   1.576 +	unsigned int snapId = /* Get the SNAP id to be set from the application settings */
   1.577 +	
   1.578 +	/* Set the default interface using SNAP id */
   1.579 +	
   1.580 +	/* memset the ifreq to make sure that the interface name is an empty string */
   1.581 +	memset(&ifReq, 0, sizeof(struct ifreq));
   1.582 +	ifReq.ifr_ifru.snap_id = snapId;
   1.583 +	
   1.584 +	ret = setdefaultif( &ifReq );
   1.585 +	if( ret == -1 )
   1.586 +		printf( "Setting default interface failed with errno = %d", errno );
   1.587 +	
   1.588 +	/* Perform network operations */
   1.589 +	/* ... */
   1.590 +	
   1.591 +	/* Remove the default interface */
   1.592 +	ret = setdefaultif( NULL );
   1.593 +	if( ret == -1 )
   1.594 +		printf( "Removing default interface failed with errno = %d", errno );
   1.595 +	
   1.596 +	return 0;
   1.597 +	}
   1.598 +@endcode 
   1.599 +
   1.600 +The setdefaultif is not guaranteed to be thread safe.
   1.601 +
   1.602 +@publishedAll
   1.603 +@released
   1.604 +*/