netdev - Re: for newbies, it would be useful to document values of netdev_state

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Date:   Wed, 8 Aug 2018 10:45:07 +0200
From:   Julian Wiedmann <jwi@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>,
        Linux kernel ntedev mailing list <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: for newbies, it would be useful to document values of
 netdev_state_t

On 08/04/2018 05:30 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 
>   i'm sure this is second nature for the experts here, but in
> netdevice.h:
> 
> /* These flag bits are private to the generic network queueing
>  * layer; they may not be explicitly referenced by any other
>  * code.
>  */
> 
> enum netdev_state_t {
>         __LINK_STATE_START,
>         __LINK_STATE_PRESENT,
>         __LINK_STATE_NOCARRIER,
>         __LINK_STATE_LINKWATCH_PENDING,
>         __LINK_STATE_DORMANT,
> };
> 
> it would be handy to have a short explanation of what each state
> represents, perhaps what combinations are possible and how one moves
> from one state to another.
> 
> rday
> 

It is far from perfect, but Documentation/networking/operstates.txt
might get you started.