1 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/name_as 1 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/name_assign_type
2 Date: July 2014 2 Date: July 2014
3 KernelVersion: 3.17 3 KernelVersion: 3.17
4 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 4 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
5 Description: 5 Description:
6 Indicates the name assignment 6 Indicates the name assignment type. Possible values are:
7 7
8 == =========================== 8 == ==========================================================
9 1 enumerated by the kernel, p 9 1 enumerated by the kernel, possibly in an unpredictable way
10 2 predictably named by the ke 10 2 predictably named by the kernel
11 3 named by userspace 11 3 named by userspace
12 4 renamed 12 4 renamed
13 == =========================== 13 == ==========================================================
14 14
15 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/addr_as 15 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/addr_assign_type
16 Date: July 2010 16 Date: July 2010
17 KernelVersion: 3.2 17 KernelVersion: 3.2
18 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 18 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
19 Description: 19 Description:
20 Indicates the address assignme 20 Indicates the address assignment type. Possible values are:
21 21
22 == =========================== 22 == =============================
23 0 permanent address 23 0 permanent address
24 1 randomly generated 24 1 randomly generated
25 2 stolen from another device 25 2 stolen from another device
26 3 set using dev_set_mac_addre 26 3 set using dev_set_mac_address
27 == =========================== 27 == =============================
28 28
29 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/addr_le 29 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/addr_len
30 Date: April 2005 30 Date: April 2005
31 KernelVersion: 2.6.12 31 KernelVersion: 2.6.12
32 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 32 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
33 Description: 33 Description:
34 Indicates the hardware address 34 Indicates the hardware address size in bytes.
35 Values vary based on the lower 35 Values vary based on the lower-level protocol used by the
36 interface (Ethernet, FDDI, ATM 36 interface (Ethernet, FDDI, ATM, IEEE 802.15.4...). See
37 include/uapi/linux/if_*.h for 37 include/uapi/linux/if_*.h for actual values.
38 38
39 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/address 39 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/address
40 Date: April 2005 40 Date: April 2005
41 KernelVersion: 2.6.12 41 KernelVersion: 2.6.12
42 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 42 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
43 Description: 43 Description:
44 Hardware address currently ass 44 Hardware address currently assigned to this interface.
45 Format is a string, e.g: 00:11 45 Format is a string, e.g: 00:11:22:33:44:55 for an Ethernet MAC
46 address. 46 address.
47 47
48 What: /sys/class/net/<bridge iface>/ 48 What: /sys/class/net/<bridge iface>/bridge/group_fwd_mask
49 Date: January 2012 49 Date: January 2012
50 KernelVersion: 3.2 50 KernelVersion: 3.2
51 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 51 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
52 Description: 52 Description:
53 Bitmask to allow forwarding of 53 Bitmask to allow forwarding of link local frames with address
54 01-80-C2-00-00-0X on a bridge 54 01-80-C2-00-00-0X on a bridge device. Only values that set bits
55 not matching BR_GROUPFWD_RESTR 55 not matching BR_GROUPFWD_RESTRICTED in net/bridge/br_private.h
56 allowed. 56 allowed.
57 Default value 0 does not forwa 57 Default value 0 does not forward any link local frames.
58 58
59 Restricted bits: 59 Restricted bits:
60 60
61 == =========================== 61 == ========================================================
62 0 01-80-C2-00-00-00 Bridge Gr 62 0 01-80-C2-00-00-00 Bridge Group Address used for STP
63 1 01-80-C2-00-00-01 (MAC Cont 63 1 01-80-C2-00-00-01 (MAC Control) 802.3 used for MAC PAUSE
64 2 01-80-C2-00-00-02 (Link Agg 64 2 01-80-C2-00-00-02 (Link Aggregation) 802.3ad
65 == =========================== 65 == ========================================================
66 66
67 Any values not setting these b 67 Any values not setting these bits can be used. Take special
68 care when forwarding control f 68 care when forwarding control frames e.g. 802.1X-PAE or LLDP.
69 69
70 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/broadca 70 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/broadcast
71 Date: April 2005 71 Date: April 2005
72 KernelVersion: 2.6.12 72 KernelVersion: 2.6.12
73 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 73 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
74 Description: 74 Description:
75 Hardware broadcast address for 75 Hardware broadcast address for this interface. Format is a
76 string, e.g: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 76 string, e.g: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff for an Ethernet broadcast MAC
77 address. 77 address.
78 78
79 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/carrier 79 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/carrier
80 Date: April 2005 80 Date: April 2005
81 KernelVersion: 2.6.12 81 KernelVersion: 2.6.12
82 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 82 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
83 Description: 83 Description:
84 Indicates the current physical 84 Indicates the current physical link state of the interface.
85 Possible values are: !! 85 Posssible values are:
86 86
87 == ===================== 87 == =====================
88 0 physical link is down 88 0 physical link is down
89 1 physical link is up 89 1 physical link is up
90 == ===================== 90 == =====================
91 91
92 Note: some special devices, e. 92 Note: some special devices, e.g: bonding and team drivers will
93 allow this attribute to be wri 93 allow this attribute to be written to force a link state for
94 operating correctly and design 94 operating correctly and designating another fallback interface.
95 95
96 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/dev_id 96 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/dev_id
97 Date: April 2008 97 Date: April 2008
98 KernelVersion: 2.6.26 98 KernelVersion: 2.6.26
99 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 99 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
100 Description: 100 Description:
101 Indicates the device unique id 101 Indicates the device unique identifier. Format is an hexadecimal
102 value. This is used to disambi 102 value. This is used to disambiguate interfaces which might be
103 stacked (e.g: VLAN interfaces) 103 stacked (e.g: VLAN interfaces) but still have the same MAC
104 address as their parent device 104 address as their parent device.
105 105
106 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/dev_por 106 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/dev_port
107 Date: February 2014 107 Date: February 2014
108 KernelVersion: 3.15 108 KernelVersion: 3.15
109 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 109 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
110 Description: 110 Description:
111 Indicates the port number of t 111 Indicates the port number of this network device, formatted
112 as a decimal value. Some NICs 112 as a decimal value. Some NICs have multiple independent ports
113 on the same PCI bus, device an 113 on the same PCI bus, device and function. This attribute allows
114 userspace to distinguish the r 114 userspace to distinguish the respective interfaces.
115 115
116 Note: some device drivers star 116 Note: some device drivers started to use 'dev_id' for this
117 purpose since long before 3.15 117 purpose since long before 3.15 and have not adopted the new
118 attribute ever since. To query 118 attribute ever since. To query the port number, some tools look
119 exclusively at 'dev_port', whi 119 exclusively at 'dev_port', while others only consult 'dev_id'.
120 If a network device has multip 120 If a network device has multiple client adapter ports as
121 described in the previous para 121 described in the previous paragraph and does not set this
122 attribute to its port number, 122 attribute to its port number, it's a kernel bug.
123 123
124 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/dormant 124 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/dormant
125 Date: March 2006 125 Date: March 2006
126 KernelVersion: 2.6.17 126 KernelVersion: 2.6.17
127 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 127 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
128 Description: 128 Description:
129 Indicates whether the interfac 129 Indicates whether the interface is in dormant state. Possible
130 values are: 130 values are:
131 0: interface is not dormant 131 0: interface is not dormant
132 1: interface is dormant 132 1: interface is dormant
133 133
134 This attribute can be used by 134 This attribute can be used by supplicant software to signal that
135 the device is not usable unles 135 the device is not usable unless some supplicant-based
136 authentication is performed (e 136 authentication is performed (e.g: 802.1x). 'link_mode' attribute
137 will also reflect the dormant 137 will also reflect the dormant state.
138 138
139 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/testing 139 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/testing
140 Date: April 2002 140 Date: April 2002
141 KernelVersion: 5.8 141 KernelVersion: 5.8
142 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 142 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
143 Description: 143 Description:
144 Indicates whether the interfac 144 Indicates whether the interface is under test. Possible
145 values are: 145 values are:
146 146
147 == =========================== 147 == =============================
148 0 interface is not being test 148 0 interface is not being tested
149 1 interface is being tested 149 1 interface is being tested
150 == =========================== 150 == =============================
151 151
152 When an interface is under tes 152 When an interface is under test, it cannot be expected
153 to pass packets as normal. 153 to pass packets as normal.
154 154
155 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/duplex 155 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/duplex
156 Date: October 2009 156 Date: October 2009
157 KernelVersion: 2.6.33 157 KernelVersion: 2.6.33
158 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 158 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
159 Description: 159 Description:
160 Indicates the interface latest 160 Indicates the interface latest or current duplex value. Possible
161 values are: 161 values are:
162 162
163 ==== =========== 163 ==== ===========
164 half half duplex 164 half half duplex
165 full full duplex 165 full full duplex
166 ==== =========== 166 ==== ===========
167 167
168 Note: This attribute is only v 168 Note: This attribute is only valid for interfaces that implement
169 the ethtool get_link_ksettings 169 the ethtool get_link_ksettings method (mostly Ethernet).
170 170
171 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/flags 171 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/flags
172 Date: April 2005 172 Date: April 2005
173 KernelVersion: 2.6.12 173 KernelVersion: 2.6.12
174 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 174 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
175 Description: 175 Description:
176 Indicates the interface flags 176 Indicates the interface flags as a bitmask in hexadecimal. See
177 include/uapi/linux/if.h for a 177 include/uapi/linux/if.h for a list of all possible values and
178 the flags semantics. 178 the flags semantics.
179 179
180 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/ifalias 180 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/ifalias
181 Date: September 2008 181 Date: September 2008
182 KernelVersion: 2.6.28 182 KernelVersion: 2.6.28
183 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 183 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
184 Description: 184 Description:
185 Indicates/stores an interface 185 Indicates/stores an interface alias name as a string. This can
186 be used for system management 186 be used for system management purposes.
187 187
188 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/ifindex 188 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/ifindex
189 Date: April 2005 189 Date: April 2005
190 KernelVersion: 2.6.12 190 KernelVersion: 2.6.12
191 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 191 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
192 Description: 192 Description:
193 Indicates the system-wide inte 193 Indicates the system-wide interface unique index identifier as a
194 decimal number. This attribute 194 decimal number. This attribute is used for mapping an interface
195 identifier to an interface nam 195 identifier to an interface name. It is used throughout the
196 networking stack for specifyin 196 networking stack for specifying the interface specific
197 requests/events. 197 requests/events.
198 198
199 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/iflink 199 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/iflink
200 Date: April 2005 200 Date: April 2005
201 KernelVersion: 2.6.12 201 KernelVersion: 2.6.12
202 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 202 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
203 Description: 203 Description:
204 Indicates the system-wide inte 204 Indicates the system-wide interface unique index identifier a
205 the interface is linked to. Fo 205 the interface is linked to. Format is decimal. This attribute is
206 used to resolve interfaces cha 206 used to resolve interfaces chaining, linking and stacking.
207 Physical interfaces have the s 207 Physical interfaces have the same 'ifindex' and 'iflink' values.
208 208
209 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/link_mo 209 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/link_mode
210 Date: March 2006 210 Date: March 2006
211 KernelVersion: 2.6.17 211 KernelVersion: 2.6.17
212 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 212 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
213 Description: 213 Description:
214 Indicates the interface link m 214 Indicates the interface link mode, as a decimal number. This
215 attribute should be used in co 215 attribute should be used in conjunction with 'dormant' attribute
216 to determine the interface usa 216 to determine the interface usability. Possible values:
217 217
218 == ================= 218 == =================
219 0 default link mode 219 0 default link mode
220 1 dormant link mode 220 1 dormant link mode
221 == ================= 221 == =================
222 222
223 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/mtu 223 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/mtu
224 Date: April 2005 224 Date: April 2005
225 KernelVersion: 2.6.12 225 KernelVersion: 2.6.12
226 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 226 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
227 Description: 227 Description:
228 Indicates the interface curren 228 Indicates the interface currently configured MTU value, in
229 bytes, and in decimal format. 229 bytes, and in decimal format. Specific values depends on the
230 lower-level interface protocol 230 lower-level interface protocol used. Ethernet devices will show
231 a 'mtu' attribute value of 150 231 a 'mtu' attribute value of 1500 unless changed.
232 232
233 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/netdev_ 233 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/netdev_group
234 Date: January 2011 234 Date: January 2011
235 KernelVersion: 2.6.39 235 KernelVersion: 2.6.39
236 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 236 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
237 Description: 237 Description:
238 Indicates the interface networ 238 Indicates the interface network device group, as a decimal
239 integer. Default value is 0 wh 239 integer. Default value is 0 which corresponds to the initial
240 network devices group. The gro 240 network devices group. The group can be changed to affect
241 routing decisions (see: net/ip 241 routing decisions (see: net/ipv4/fib_rules and
242 net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c). 242 net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c).
243 243
244 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/opersta 244 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/operstate
245 Date: March 2006 245 Date: March 2006
246 KernelVersion: 2.6.17 246 KernelVersion: 2.6.17
247 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 247 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
248 Description: 248 Description:
249 Indicates the interface RFC286 249 Indicates the interface RFC2863 operational state as a string.
250 250
251 Possible values are: 251 Possible values are:
252 252
253 "unknown", "notpresent", "down 253 "unknown", "notpresent", "down", "lowerlayerdown", "testing",
254 "dormant", "up". 254 "dormant", "up".
255 255
256 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/phys_po 256 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/phys_port_id
257 Date: July 2013 257 Date: July 2013
258 KernelVersion: 3.12 258 KernelVersion: 3.12
259 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 259 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
260 Description: 260 Description:
261 Indicates the interface unique 261 Indicates the interface unique physical port identifier within
262 the NIC, as a string. 262 the NIC, as a string.
263 263
264 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/phys_po 264 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/phys_port_name
265 Date: March 2015 265 Date: March 2015
266 KernelVersion: 4.0 266 KernelVersion: 4.0
267 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 267 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
268 Description: 268 Description:
269 Indicates the interface physic 269 Indicates the interface physical port name within the NIC,
270 as a string. 270 as a string.
271 271
272 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/speed 272 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/speed
273 Date: October 2009 273 Date: October 2009
274 KernelVersion: 2.6.33 274 KernelVersion: 2.6.33
275 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 275 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
276 Description: 276 Description:
277 Indicates the interface latest 277 Indicates the interface latest or current speed value. Value is
278 an integer representing the li 278 an integer representing the link speed in Mbits/sec.
279 279
280 Note: this attribute is only v 280 Note: this attribute is only valid for interfaces that implement
281 the ethtool get_link_ksettings 281 the ethtool get_link_ksettings method (mostly Ethernet).
282 282
283 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/tx_queu 283 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/tx_queue_len
284 Date: April 2005 284 Date: April 2005
285 KernelVersion: 2.6.12 285 KernelVersion: 2.6.12
286 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 286 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
287 Description: 287 Description:
288 Indicates the interface transm 288 Indicates the interface transmit queue len in number of packets,
289 as an integer value. Value dep 289 as an integer value. Value depend on the type of interface,
290 Ethernet network adapters have 290 Ethernet network adapters have a default value of 1000 unless
291 configured otherwise 291 configured otherwise
292 292
293 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/type 293 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/type
294 Date: April 2005 294 Date: April 2005
295 KernelVersion: 2.6.12 295 KernelVersion: 2.6.12
296 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 296 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
297 Description: 297 Description:
298 Indicates the interface protoc 298 Indicates the interface protocol type as a decimal value. See
299 include/uapi/linux/if_arp.h fo 299 include/uapi/linux/if_arp.h for all possible values.
300 300
301 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/phys_sw 301 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/phys_switch_id
302 Date: November 2014 302 Date: November 2014
303 KernelVersion: 3.19 303 KernelVersion: 3.19
304 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 304 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
305 Description: 305 Description:
306 Indicates the unique physical 306 Indicates the unique physical switch identifier of a switch this
307 port belongs to, as a string. 307 port belongs to, as a string.
308 308
309 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/phydev 309 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/phydev
310 Date: May 2017 310 Date: May 2017
311 KernelVersion: 4.13 311 KernelVersion: 4.13
312 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 312 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
313 Description: 313 Description:
314 Symbolic link to the PHY devic 314 Symbolic link to the PHY device this network device is attached
315 to. 315 to.
316 316
317 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/carrier 317 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/carrier_changes
318 Date: Mar 2014 318 Date: Mar 2014
319 KernelVersion: 3.15 319 KernelVersion: 3.15
320 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 320 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
321 Description: 321 Description:
322 32-bit unsigned integer counti 322 32-bit unsigned integer counting the number of times the link has
323 seen a change from UP to DOWN 323 seen a change from UP to DOWN and vice versa
324 324
325 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/carrier 325 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/carrier_up_count
326 Date: Jan 2018 326 Date: Jan 2018
327 KernelVersion: 4.16 327 KernelVersion: 4.16
328 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 328 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
329 Description: 329 Description:
330 32-bit unsigned integer counti 330 32-bit unsigned integer counting the number of times the link has
331 been up 331 been up
332 332
333 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/carrier 333 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/carrier_down_count
334 Date: Jan 2018 334 Date: Jan 2018
335 KernelVersion: 4.16 335 KernelVersion: 4.16
336 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 336 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
337 Description: 337 Description:
338 32-bit unsigned integer counti 338 32-bit unsigned integer counting the number of times the link has
339 been down 339 been down
340 340
341 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/threade 341 What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/threaded
342 Date: Jan 2021 342 Date: Jan 2021
343 KernelVersion: 5.12 343 KernelVersion: 5.12
344 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org 344 Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
345 Description: 345 Description:
346 Boolean value to control the t 346 Boolean value to control the threaded mode per device. User could
347 set this value to enable/disab 347 set this value to enable/disable threaded mode for all napi
348 belonging to this device, with 348 belonging to this device, without the need to do device up/down.
349 349
350 Possible values: 350 Possible values:
351 == =========================== 351 == ==================================
352 0 threaded mode disabled for 352 0 threaded mode disabled for this dev
353 1 threaded mode enabled for t 353 1 threaded mode enabled for this dev
354 == =========================== 354 == ==================================
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