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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
14
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>
37
38static int numdummies = 1;
39
40static int dummy_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev);
41static struct net_device_stats *dummy_get_stats(struct net_device *dev);
42
43static int dummy_set_address(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
44{
45 struct sockaddr *sa = p;
46
47 if (!is_valid_ether_addr(sa->sa_data))
48 return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
49
50 memcpy(dev->dev_addr, sa->sa_data, ETH_ALEN);
51 return 0;
52}
53
54/* fake multicast ability */
55static void set_multicast_list(struct net_device *dev)
56{
57}
58
59static void __init dummy_setup(struct net_device *dev)
60{
61 /* Initialize the device structure. */
62 dev->get_stats = dummy_get_stats;
63 dev->hard_start_xmit = dummy_xmit;
64 dev->set_multicast_list = set_multicast_list;
65 dev->set_mac_address = dummy_set_address;
66
67 /* Fill in device structure with ethernet-generic values. */
68 ether_setup(dev);
69 dev->tx_queue_len = 0;
70 dev->change_mtu = NULL;
71 dev->flags |= IFF_NOARP;
72 dev->flags &= ~IFF_MULTICAST;
73 SET_MODULE_OWNER(dev);
74 random_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr);
75}
76
77static int dummy_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
78{
79 struct net_device_stats *stats = netdev_priv(dev);
80
81 stats->tx_packets++;
82 stats->tx_bytes+=skb->len;
83
84 dev_kfree_skb(skb);
85 return 0;
86}
87
88static struct net_device_stats *dummy_get_stats(struct net_device *dev)
89{
90 return netdev_priv(dev);
91}
92
93static struct net_device **dummies;
94
95/* Number of dummy devices to be set up by this module. */
96module_param(numdummies, int, 0);
97MODULE_PARM_DESC(numdummies, "Number of dummy pseudo devices");
98
99static int __init dummy_init_one(int index)
100{
101 struct net_device *dev_dummy;
102 int err;
103
104 dev_dummy = alloc_netdev(sizeof(struct net_device_stats),
105 "dummy%d", dummy_setup);
106
107 if (!dev_dummy)
108 return -ENOMEM;
109
110 if ((err = register_netdev(dev_dummy))) {
111 free_netdev(dev_dummy);
112 dev_dummy = NULL;
113 } else {
114 dummies[index] = dev_dummy;
115 }
116
117 return err;
118}
119
120static void dummy_free_one(int index)
121{
122 unregister_netdev(dummies[index]);
123 free_netdev(dummies[index]);
124}
125
126static int __init dummy_init_module(void)
127{
128 int i, err = 0;
129 dummies = kmalloc(numdummies * sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL);
130 if (!dummies)
131 return -ENOMEM;
132 for (i = 0; i < numdummies && !err; i++)
133 err = dummy_init_one(i);
134 if (err) {
135 while (--i >= 0)
136 dummy_free_one(i);
137 }
138 return err;
139}
140
141static void __exit dummy_cleanup_module(void)
142{
143 int i;
144 for (i = 0; i < numdummies; i++)
145 dummy_free_one(i);
146 kfree(dummies);
147}
148
149module_init(dummy_init_module);
150module_exit(dummy_cleanup_module);
151MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");