1 /* dummy.c: a dummy net driver
3 The purpose of this driver is to provide a device to point a
4 route through, but not to actually transmit packets.
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.
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
15 [when not running slip]
16 ifconfig dummy slip.addr.ess.here up
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
26 Nick Holloway, 27th May 1994
27 [I tweaked this explanation a little but that's all]
28 Alan Cox, 30th May 1994
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 #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
38 #include <net/rtnetlink.h>
40 static int numdummies = 1;
42 static int dummy_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev);
44 static int dummy_set_address(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
46 struct sockaddr *sa = p;
48 if (!is_valid_ether_addr(sa->sa_data))
49 return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
51 memcpy(dev->dev_addr, sa->sa_data, ETH_ALEN);
55 /* fake multicast ability */
56 static void set_multicast_list(struct net_device *dev)
60 static void dummy_setup(struct net_device *dev)
62 /* Initialize the device structure. */
63 dev->hard_start_xmit = dummy_xmit;
64 dev->set_multicast_list = set_multicast_list;
65 dev->set_mac_address = dummy_set_address;
66 dev->destructor = free_netdev;
68 /* Fill in device structure with ethernet-generic values. */
70 dev->tx_queue_len = 0;
71 dev->change_mtu = NULL;
72 dev->flags |= IFF_NOARP;
73 dev->flags &= ~IFF_MULTICAST;
74 random_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr);
77 static int dummy_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
79 dev->stats.tx_packets++;
80 dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
86 static int dummy_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[])
88 if (tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]) {
89 if (nla_len(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]) != ETH_ALEN)
91 if (!is_valid_ether_addr(nla_data(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS])))
92 return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
97 static struct rtnl_link_ops dummy_link_ops __read_mostly = {
100 .validate = dummy_validate,
103 /* Number of dummy devices to be set up by this module. */
104 module_param(numdummies, int, 0);
105 MODULE_PARM_DESC(numdummies, "Number of dummy pseudo devices");
107 static int __init dummy_init_one(void)
109 struct net_device *dev_dummy;
112 dev_dummy = alloc_netdev(0, "dummy%d", dummy_setup);
116 err = dev_alloc_name(dev_dummy, dev_dummy->name);
120 dev_dummy->rtnl_link_ops = &dummy_link_ops;
121 err = register_netdevice(dev_dummy);
127 free_netdev(dev_dummy);
131 static int __init dummy_init_module(void)
136 err = __rtnl_link_register(&dummy_link_ops);
138 for (i = 0; i < numdummies && !err; i++)
139 err = dummy_init_one();
141 __rtnl_link_unregister(&dummy_link_ops);
147 static void __exit dummy_cleanup_module(void)
149 rtnl_link_unregister(&dummy_link_ops);
152 module_init(dummy_init_module);
153 module_exit(dummy_cleanup_module);
154 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
155 MODULE_ALIAS_RTNL_LINK("dummy");