/**************************************************************************** * net/netdev/netdev_default.c * * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. The * ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the * License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations * under the License. * ****************************************************************************/ /**************************************************************************** * Included Files ****************************************************************************/ #include #include #include "utils/utils.h" #include "netdev/netdev.h" /**************************************************************************** * Public Functions ****************************************************************************/ /**************************************************************************** * Name: netdev_default * * Description: * Return the default network device. REVISIT: At present this function * arbitrarily returns the first UP device at the head of the device * list. Perhaps the default device should be a device name * configuration option? * * So why is this here: It represents my current though for what to do * if a socket is connected with INADDY_ANY. In this case, I suppose we * should use the IP address associated with some default device??? * * Input Parameters: * NULL * * Returned Value: * Pointer to default network driver on success; null on failure * ****************************************************************************/ FAR struct net_driver_s *netdev_default(void) { FAR struct net_driver_s *ret = NULL; FAR struct net_driver_s *dev; /* Examine each registered network device */ net_lock(); for (dev = g_netdevices; dev; dev = dev->flink) { /* Is the interface in the "up" state? */ if ((dev->d_flags & IFF_UP) != 0) { /* Return a reference to the first device that we find in the UP * state (but not the loopback device unless it is the only * device). */ ret = dev; if (dev->d_lltype != NET_LL_LOOPBACK) { break; } } } net_unlock(); return ret; }