net_device: add support for network device groups
authorVlad Dogaru <ddvlad@rosedu.org>
Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:38:30 +0000 (23:38 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Thu, 20 Jan 2011 07:31:09 +0000 (23:31 -0800)
commitcbda10fa97d72c7a1923be4426171aa90e8c6dab
tree113206ef603189e9f91f075e154cbdc8e1ac3f40
parent441c793a56502638d45d5da2195056d686147370
net_device: add support for network device groups

Net devices can now be grouped, enabling simpler manipulation from
userspace. This patch adds a group field to the net_device structure, as
well as rtnetlink support to query and modify it.

Signed-off-by: Vlad Dogaru <ddvlad@rosedu.org>
Acked-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
include/linux/if_link.h
include/linux/netdevice.h
net/core/dev.c
net/core/rtnetlink.c