ARM: S5PC100: gpio.h cleanup
[linux-2.6-block.git] / drivers / net / dummy.c
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1/* dummy.c: a dummy net driver
2
3 The purpose of this driver is to provide a device to point a
4 route through, but not to actually transmit packets.
5
6 Why? If you have a machine whose only connection is an occasional
7 PPP/SLIP/PLIP link, you can only connect to your own hostname
8 when the link is up. Otherwise you have to use localhost.
9 This isn't very consistent.
10
11 One solution is to set up a dummy link using PPP/SLIP/PLIP,
12 but this seems (to me) too much overhead for too little gain.
13 This driver provides a small alternative. Thus you can do
6aa20a22 14
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15 [when not running slip]
16 ifconfig dummy slip.addr.ess.here up
17 [to go to slip]
18 ifconfig dummy down
19 dip whatever
20
21 This was written by looking at Donald Becker's skeleton driver
22 and the loopback driver. I then threw away anything that didn't
23 apply! Thanks to Alan Cox for the key clue on what to do with
24 misguided packets.
25
26 Nick Holloway, 27th May 1994
27 [I tweaked this explanation a little but that's all]
28 Alan Cox, 30th May 1994
29*/
30
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31#include <linux/module.h>
32#include <linux/kernel.h>
33#include <linux/netdevice.h>
34#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
35#include <linux/init.h>
36#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
206c9fb2 37#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
5d5cb173 38#include <net/rtnetlink.h>
206c9fb2 39
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40static int numdummies = 1;
41
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42static int dummy_set_address(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
43{
44 struct sockaddr *sa = p;
45
6aa20a22 46 if (!is_valid_ether_addr(sa->sa_data))
1da177e4 47 return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
6aa20a22 48
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49 memcpy(dev->dev_addr, sa->sa_data, ETH_ALEN);
50 return 0;
51}
52
53/* fake multicast ability */
54static void set_multicast_list(struct net_device *dev)
55{
56}
57
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58
59static netdev_tx_t dummy_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
60{
61 dev->stats.tx_packets++;
62 dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
63
64 dev_kfree_skb(skb);
65 return NETDEV_TX_OK;
66}
67
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68static const struct net_device_ops dummy_netdev_ops = {
69 .ndo_start_xmit = dummy_xmit,
70 .ndo_validate_addr = eth_validate_addr,
71 .ndo_set_multicast_list = set_multicast_list,
72 .ndo_set_mac_address = dummy_set_address,
73};
74
5d5cb173 75static void dummy_setup(struct net_device *dev)
1da177e4 76{
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77 ether_setup(dev);
78
1da177e4 79 /* Initialize the device structure. */
aa18e9e8 80 dev->netdev_ops = &dummy_netdev_ops;
5d5cb173 81 dev->destructor = free_netdev;
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82
83 /* Fill in device structure with ethernet-generic values. */
1da177e4 84 dev->tx_queue_len = 0;
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85 dev->flags |= IFF_NOARP;
86 dev->flags &= ~IFF_MULTICAST;
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87 random_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr);
88}
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89static int dummy_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[])
90{
91 if (tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]) {
92 if (nla_len(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]) != ETH_ALEN)
93 return -EINVAL;
94 if (!is_valid_ether_addr(nla_data(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS])))
95 return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
96 }
97 return 0;
98}
99
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100static struct rtnl_link_ops dummy_link_ops __read_mostly = {
101 .kind = "dummy",
5d5cb173 102 .setup = dummy_setup,
0e06877c 103 .validate = dummy_validate,
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104};
105
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106/* Number of dummy devices to be set up by this module. */
107module_param(numdummies, int, 0);
108MODULE_PARM_DESC(numdummies, "Number of dummy pseudo devices");
109
206c9fb2 110static int __init dummy_init_one(void)
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111{
112 struct net_device *dev_dummy;
113 int err;
114
2d85cba2 115 dev_dummy = alloc_netdev(0, "dummy%d", dummy_setup);
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116 if (!dev_dummy)
117 return -ENOMEM;
118
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119 err = dev_alloc_name(dev_dummy, dev_dummy->name);
120 if (err < 0)
121 goto err;
1da177e4 122
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123 dev_dummy->rtnl_link_ops = &dummy_link_ops;
124 err = register_netdevice(dev_dummy);
125 if (err < 0)
126 goto err;
5d5cb173 127 return 0;
206c9fb2 128
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129err:
130 free_netdev(dev_dummy);
131 return err;
6aa20a22 132}
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133
134static int __init dummy_init_module(void)
6aa20a22 135{
1da177e4 136 int i, err = 0;
206c9fb2 137
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138 rtnl_lock();
139 err = __rtnl_link_register(&dummy_link_ops);
140
1da177e4 141 for (i = 0; i < numdummies && !err; i++)
206c9fb2 142 err = dummy_init_one();
2d85cba2 143 if (err < 0)
5d5cb173 144 __rtnl_link_unregister(&dummy_link_ops);
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145 rtnl_unlock();
146
1da177e4 147 return err;
6aa20a22 148}
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149
150static void __exit dummy_cleanup_module(void)
151{
2d85cba2 152 rtnl_link_unregister(&dummy_link_ops);
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153}
154
155module_init(dummy_init_module);
156module_exit(dummy_cleanup_module);
157MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
5d5cb173 158MODULE_ALIAS_RTNL_LINK("dummy");