From 487c622ac0c37f3cd26add56df9081ea7caf3835 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Felix Fietkau Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:44:53 +0000 Subject: add new switch configuration api SVN-Revision: 13009 --- package/swconfig/src/swlib.h | 213 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 213 insertions(+) create mode 100644 package/swconfig/src/swlib.h (limited to 'package/swconfig/src/swlib.h') diff --git a/package/swconfig/src/swlib.h b/package/swconfig/src/swlib.h new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e00ff47a51 --- /dev/null +++ b/package/swconfig/src/swlib.h @@ -0,0 +1,213 @@ +/* + * swlib.h: Switch configuration API (user space part) + * + * Copyright (C) 2008 Felix Fietkau + * + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or + * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License + * version 2.1 as published by the Free Software Foundation. + * + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + * GNU General Public License for more details. + * + +Usage of the library functions: + + The main datastructure for a switch is the struct switch_device + To get started, you first need to use switch_connect() to probe + for switches and allocate an instance of this struct. + + There are two possible usage modes: + dev = switch_connect("eth0"); + - this call will look for a switch registered for the linux device + "eth0" and only allocate a switch_device for this particular switch. + + dev = switch_connect(NULL) + - this will return one switch_device struct for each available + switch. The switch_device structs are chained with by ->next pointer + + Then to query a switch for all available attributes, use: + swlib_scan(dev); + + All allocated datastructures for the switch_device struct can be freed with + swlib_free(dev); + or + swlib_free_all(dev); + + The latter traverses a whole chain of switch_device structs and frees them all + + Switch attributes (struct switch_attr) are divided into three groups: + dev->ops: + - global settings + dev->port_ops: + - per-port settings + dev->vlan_ops: + - per-vlan settings + + switch_lookup_attr() is a small helper function to locate attributes + by name. + + switch_set_attr() and switch_get_attr() can alter or request the values + of attributes. + +Usage of the switch_attr struct: + + ->atype: attribute group, one of: + - SWLIB_ATTR_GROUP_GLOBAL + - SWLIB_ATTR_GROUP_VLAN + - SWLIB_ATTR_GROUP_PORT + + ->id: identifier for the attribute + + ->type: data type, one of: + - SWITCH_TYPE_INT + - SWITCH_TYPE_STRING + - SWITCH_TYPE_PORT + + ->name: short name of the attribute + ->description: longer description + ->next: pointer to the next attribute of the current group + + +Usage of the switch_val struct: + + When setting attributes, following members of the struct switch_val need + to be set up: + + ->len (for attr->type == SWITCH_TYPE_PORT) + ->port_vlan: + - port number (for attr->atype == SWLIB_ATTR_GROUP_PORT), or: + - vlan number (for attr->atype == SWLIB_ATTR_GROUP_VLAN) + ->value.i (for attr->type == SWITCH_TYPE_INT) + ->value.s (for attr->type == SWITCH_TYPE_STRING) + - owned by the caller, not stored in the library internally + ->value.ports (for attr->type == SWITCH_TYPE_PORT) + - must point to an array of at lest val->len * sizeof(struct switch_port) + + When getting string attributes, val->value.s must be freed by the caller + When getting port list attributes, an internal static buffer is used, + which changes from call to call. + + */ + +#ifndef __SWLIB_H +#define __SWLIB_H + +enum swlib_attr_group { + SWLIB_ATTR_GROUP_GLOBAL, + SWLIB_ATTR_GROUP_VLAN, + SWLIB_ATTR_GROUP_PORT, +}; + +enum swlib_port_flags { + SWLIB_PORT_FLAG_TAGGED = (1 << 0), +}; + + +struct switch_dev; +struct switch_attr; +struct switch_port; +struct switch_val; + +struct switch_dev { + int id; + const char *name; + const char *dev_name; + int ports; + int vlans; + struct switch_attr *ops; + struct switch_attr *port_ops; + struct switch_attr *vlan_ops; + struct switch_dev *next; + void *priv; +}; + +struct switch_val { + struct switch_attr *attr; + int len; + int err; + int port_vlan; + union { + const char *s; + int i; + struct switch_port *ports; + } value; +}; + +struct switch_attr { + struct switch_dev *dev; + int atype; + int id; + int type; + const char *name; + const char *description; + struct switch_attr *next; +}; + +struct switch_port { + unsigned int id; + unsigned int flags; +}; + +/** + * swlib_connect: connect to the switch through netlink + * @name: name of the ethernet interface, + * + * if name is NULL, it connect and builds a chain of all switches + */ +struct switch_dev *swlib_connect(const char *name); + +/** + * swlib_free: free all dynamically allocated data for the switch connection + * @dev: switch device struct + * + * all members of a switch device chain (generated by swlib_connect(NULL)) + * must be freed individually + */ +void swlib_free(struct switch_dev *dev); + +/** + * swlib_free_all: run swlib_free on all devices in the chain + * @dev: switch device struct + */ +void swlib_free_all(struct switch_dev *dev); + +/** + * swlib_scan: probe the switch driver for available commands/attributes + * @dev: switch device struct + */ +int swlib_scan(struct switch_dev *dev); + +/** + * swlib_lookup_attr: look up a switch attribute + * @dev: switch device struct + * @type: global, port or vlan + * @name: name of the attribute + */ +struct switch_attr *swlib_lookup_attr(struct switch_dev *dev, + enum swlib_attr_group atype, const char *name); + +/** + * swlib_set_attr: set the value for an attribute + * @dev: switch device struct + * @attr: switch attribute struct + * @val: attribute value pointer + * returns 0 on success + */ +int swlib_set_attr(struct switch_dev *dev, struct switch_attr *attr, + struct switch_val *val); + +/** + * swlib_get_attr: get the value for an attribute + * @dev: switch device struct + * @attr: switch attribute struct + * @val: attribute value pointer + * returns 0 on success + * for string attributes, the result string must be freed by the caller + */ +int swlib_get_attr(struct switch_dev *dev, struct switch_attr *attr, + struct switch_val *val); + +#endif -- cgit v1.2.3