# Copyright 2019 VyOS maintainers and contributors <maintainers@vyos.io> # # This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or # modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public # License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either # version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. # # This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU # Lesser General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public # License along with this library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. from vyos.ifconfig.interface import Interface class DummyIf(Interface): """ A dummy interface is entirely virtual like, for example, the loopback interface. The purpose of a dummy interface is to provide a device to route packets through without actually transmitting them. """ default = { 'type': 'dummy', } def __init__(self, ifname, **kargs): super().__init__(ifname, **kargs)