[libvirt] [PATCH 1/4] virInterface: Expose link state & speed

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 02:22:09PM +0200, Michal Privoznik wrote:
> Currently it is not possible to determine the speed of an interface
> and whether a link is actually detected from the API. Orchestrating
> platforms want to be able to determine when the link has failed and
> where multiple speeds may be available which one the interface is
> actually connected at. This commit introduces an extension to our
> interface XML (without implementation to interface driver backends):
> 
>   <interface type='ethernet' name='eth0'>
>     <start mode='none'/>
>     <mac address='aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff'/>
>     <link speed='1000' state='up'/>
>     <mtu size='1492'/>
>     ...
>   </interface>
> 
> Where @speed is negotiated link speed in Mbits per second, and state
> is the current NIC state (can be one of the following:  "unknown",
> "notpresent", "down", "lowerlayerdown","testing", "dormant", "up").
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn at redhat.com>
> ---
>  docs/schemas/basictypes.rng                     | 25 ++++++++++
>  docs/schemas/interface.rng                      |  1 +
>  src/conf/device_conf.c                          | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  src/conf/device_conf.h                          | 27 ++++++++++-
>  src/conf/interface_conf.c                       | 11 ++++-
>  src/conf/interface_conf.h                       |  2 +
>  src/libvirt_private.syms                        |  4 ++
>  tests/interfaceschemadata/bridge-no-address.xml |  1 +
>  tests/interfaceschemadata/bridge.xml            |  1 +
>  tests/interfaceschemadata/ethernet-dhcp.xml     |  1 +
>  10 files changed, 133 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

ACK

Regards,
Daniel
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