Expose dev_id to userspace, because it helps to disambiguate between
interfaces where the MAC address is unique.
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
--- ./linux-2.6.24.ppc/net/core/net-sysfs.c~ 2008-04-13 13:38:24.000000000 +0100
+++ ./linux-2.6.24.ppc/net/core/net-sysfs.c 2008-04-14 10:58:32.000000000 +0100
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ static ssize_t netdev_store(struct devic
return ret;
}
+NETDEVICE_SHOW(dev_id, fmt_hex);
NETDEVICE_SHOW(addr_len, fmt_dec);
NETDEVICE_SHOW(iflink, fmt_dec);
NETDEVICE_SHOW(ifindex, fmt_dec);
@@ -210,6 +211,7 @@ static ssize_t store_tx_queue_len(struct
static struct device_attribute net_class_attributes[] = {
__ATTR(addr_len, S_IRUGO, show_addr_len, NULL),
+ __ATTR(dev_id, S_IRUGO, show_dev_id, NULL),
__ATTR(iflink, S_IRUGO, show_iflink, NULL),
__ATTR(ifindex, S_IRUGO, show_ifindex, NULL),
__ATTR(features, S_IRUGO, show_features, NULL),
--
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