Hi again, Have there been any updates on this one? // Erik On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 at 21:56, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) <alx.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > [CC += netdev] > > Hi Erik, > > On 4/14/21 8:52 PM, Erik Flodin wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 at 20:53, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) > > <alx.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 3/17/21 3:12 PM, Erik Flodin wrote: > >>> The documentation for SIOCGIFFLAGS/SIOCSIFFLAGS in netdevice.7 lists > >>> IFF_LOWER_UP, IFF_DORMANT and IFF_ECHO, but those can't be set in > >>> ifr_flags as it is only a short and the flags start at 1<<16. > >>> > >>> See also https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=746e6ad23cd6fec2edce056e014a0eabeffa838c > >>> > >> > >> I don't know what's the history of that. > > > > Judging from commit message in the commit linked above it was added by > > mistake. As noted the flags are accessible via netlink, just not via > > SIOCGIFFLAGS. > > > > // Erik > > > > I should have CCd netdev@ before. Thanks for the update. Let's see if > anyone there can comment. > > Thanks, > > Alex > > > -- > Alejandro Colomar > Linux man-pages comaintainer; https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ > http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/
