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/config.h>
32 #include <linux/module.h>
33 #include <linux/kernel.h>
34 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
35 #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
36 #include <linux/init.h>
37 #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
39 static int numdummies = 1;
41 static int dummy_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev);
42 static struct net_device_stats *dummy_get_stats(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 __init dummy_setup(struct net_device *dev)
62 /* Initialize the device structure. */
63 dev->get_stats = dummy_get_stats;
64 dev->hard_start_xmit = dummy_xmit;
65 dev->set_multicast_list = set_multicast_list;
66 dev->set_mac_address = dummy_set_address;
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 SET_MODULE_OWNER(dev);
75 random_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr);
78 static int dummy_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
80 struct net_device_stats *stats = netdev_priv(dev);
83 stats->tx_bytes+=skb->len;
89 static struct net_device_stats *dummy_get_stats(struct net_device *dev)
91 return netdev_priv(dev);
94 static struct net_device **dummies;
96 /* Number of dummy devices to be set up by this module. */
97 module_param(numdummies, int, 0);
98 MODULE_PARM_DESC(numdummies, "Number of dummy pseudo devices");
100 static int __init dummy_init_one(int index)
102 struct net_device *dev_dummy;
105 dev_dummy = alloc_netdev(sizeof(struct net_device_stats),
106 "dummy%d", dummy_setup);
111 if ((err = register_netdev(dev_dummy))) {
112 free_netdev(dev_dummy);
115 dummies[index] = dev_dummy;
121 static void dummy_free_one(int index)
123 unregister_netdev(dummies[index]);
124 free_netdev(dummies[index]);
127 static int __init dummy_init_module(void)
130 dummies = kmalloc(numdummies * sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL);
133 for (i = 0; i < numdummies && !err; i++)
134 err = dummy_init_one(i);
142 static void __exit dummy_cleanup_module(void)
145 for (i = 0; i < numdummies; i++)
150 module_init(dummy_init_module);
151 module_exit(dummy_cleanup_module);
152 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");