Identifying physical network devices using /sys/class/net/<iface>
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I wanted to know if there is a way to differentiate physical and virtual network devices.
ip a
doesn't have an option. So I am trying /sys/class/net/
.
There are 2 attributes addr_assign_type
and type, but type only tells Ethernet
or loopback
there is not way to tell if its virtual.
I wanted to know does addr_assign_type
tell us the different?
As per my observation /sys/class/net//{eth|loopback}
gives 0
and /sys/class/net//{virtualdevice}
gives 1 or 3
.
Is there something I can infer from this?
Asked by Dinesh Gowda
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Jul 24, 2019, 08:05 AM
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