[Kimchi-devel] [PATCH] Adding 'link_detected' to netinfo.py

[Crístian Viana]

Reviewed-by: Crístian Viana <vianac at linux.vnet.ibm.com>

On 04-11-2014 11:25, Daniel Henrique Barboza wrote:
> 'Link_detected' returns 'yes' if the network card is attached
> to a cable (or other media), 'no' if it's disconnected and
> 'n/a' if the link state can't be determined (if the network
> interface is down).
>
> This is an information that might be useful for some
> plug-ins - Ginger, for instance - to present to the user.
>
> Example of the updated netinfo.get_interface_info call:
>
> $ sudo PYTHONPATH=src python
> Python 2.7.5 (default, Sep 25 2014, 13:52:19)
> [GCC 4.8.3 20140624 (Red Hat 4.8.3-1)] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>> from kimchi import netinfo
>>>> netinfo.get_interface_info('em1')
> {'status': 'active', 'name': 'em1', 'ipaddr': '', 'netmask': '', 'link_detected': 'no', 'type': 'nic'}
> ---- with em1 interface down -----
>>>> netinfo.get_interface_info('em1')
> {'status': 'inactive', 'name': 'em1', 'ipaddr': '', 'netmask': '', 'link_detected': 'n/a', 'type': 'nic'}
> Daniel Henrique Barboza (1):
>    netinfo.py: adding 'link_detected' to get_interface_info
>
>   src/kimchi/netinfo.py | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
>   1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>