ixl(4) will list all of the supported module types for the device if you use ifconfig -m, but I know that isn't the intended purpose of the -m flag. I wouldn't mind moving all of that to another function whose purpose is to just list all supported module types.
- Eric On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 3:26 PM Alan Somers <asom...@freebsd.org> wrote: > SIOCGIFMEDIA will return the list of supported media types and the > current media type of a network interface. But for NICs with > pluggable modules (SFP+, QSFP, etc), it would also be useful to know > the allowed module type. I can't find any way to determine that using > the standard tools. cxgbe(4) is aware of the module type allowed by > the card, but doesn't expose that information to userspace. I can add > a simple sysctl to do so, but it would be better to add a standard > ioctl that can be used by all network drivers. > > Besides cxgbe(4), can any other network drivers support this? If so, > would anybody else be interested? If so, should I add it to the > "ifconfig -v" output? > > -Alan > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
