Initial Contribution
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2008, The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _IFC_UTILS_H_
+#define _IFC_UTILS_H_
+
+int ifc_init(void);
+
+int ifc_get_ifindex(const char *name, int *if_indexp);
+int ifc_get_hwaddr(const char *name, void *ptr);
+
+int ifc_up(const char *name);
+int ifc_down(const char *name);
+
+int ifc_set_addr(const char *name, unsigned addr);
+int ifc_set_mask(const char *name, unsigned mask);
+
+int ifc_create_default_route(const char *name, unsigned addr);
+
+int ifc_get_info(const char *name, unsigned *addr, unsigned *mask, unsigned *flags);
+
+#endif