From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] net-sysfs: make flags symmetrical Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:18:58 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20130401.171858.2177408540657698898.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20130401115315.1f8e4213@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net> <5159EB2B.7070504@candelatech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: stephen@networkplumber.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: greearb@candelatech.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:59823 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758537Ab3DAVTC (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Apr 2013 17:19:02 -0400 In-Reply-To: <5159EB2B.7070504@candelatech.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Ben Greear Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:16:43 -0700 > I am depending on this feature. There is no other way I know > of to determine if an interface is actually currently acting > PROMISC or not. Netlink interface dump, SIOGIFCONF, etc. should provide this information in one form or another.