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authorAndreas Hartmetz <andreas@ixgreen.de>2021-01-25 23:48:32 +0100
committerAndreas Hartmetz <andreas@ixgreen.de>2021-02-10 16:07:32 +0100
commite6bd5a5ca3f55765edccf7c667612fb0919e6c94 (patch)
tree6971c726f0c7ecdd37ee54a415f6337a06ae42b8 /src/network
parent0d42f4df9275897d708ee01ed879ac185aab7360 (diff)
Fix QNetworkInterface IsUp and IsRunning enum documentation
The information is based on common Linux knowledge, StackOverflow answers (this is just one of them): https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11679514/what-is-the- difference-between-iff-up-and-iff-running an LKML thread about IFF_UP and IFF_RUNNING: https://lkml.org/lkml/1999/7/9/69 and the FreeBSD manpage for "ifnet" - e.g. https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ifnet&sektion=9 Pick-to: 6.0 5.15 Change-Id: I50a47b7fb26a63ac9d3f7eeef559fa7f56003cff Reviewed-by: Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'src/network')
-rw-r--r--src/network/kernel/qnetworkinterface.cpp8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/network/kernel/qnetworkinterface.cpp b/src/network/kernel/qnetworkinterface.cpp
index eed57f8a32..6e87a783a8 100644
--- a/src/network/kernel/qnetworkinterface.cpp
+++ b/src/network/kernel/qnetworkinterface.cpp
@@ -552,9 +552,11 @@ bool QNetworkAddressEntry::isPermanent() const
Specifies the flags associated with this network interface. The
possible values are:
- \value IsUp the network interface is active
- \value IsRunning the network interface has resources
- allocated
+ \value IsUp the network interface is "up" -
+ enabled by administrative action
+ \value IsRunning the network interface is operational:
+ configured "up" and (typically)
+ physically connected to a network
\value CanBroadcast the network interface works in
broadcast mode
\value IsLoopBack the network interface is a loopback