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mgmt/util/net.go
James Shubin 36ebddf986 util: Add a terrible heuristic for getting ethernet devices
I don't know of a better way. This will have to do for now.
2024-03-08 17:57:13 -05:00

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// Mgmt
// Copyright (C) 2013-2024+ James Shubin and the project contributors
// Written by James Shubin <james@shubin.ca> and the project contributors
//
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package util
import (
"strings"
"github.com/vishvananda/netlink"
)
// GetPhysicalEthernetDevices returns a link of physical ethernet devices. This
// is a heuristic and I wish I knew the better way.
//
// XXX: Patches welcome!
func GetPhysicalEthernetDevices() ([]string, error) {
devices := []string{}
links, err := netlink.LinkList()
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
for _, link := range links {
// wifi, eth, and loopback all do this, bridges do not.
if link.Type() != "device" {
continue
}
name := link.Attrs().Name
if name == "lo" { // loopback
continue
}
if strings.HasPrefix(name, "w") { // heuristic, eg: wlp0s20f3
continue
}
devices = append(devices, name)
}
return devices, nil
}