CONFIG_NET_MGMT_EVENT

Add support for runtime network event notifications

Type: bool

Help

This adds support for the stack to notify events towards any relevant listener. This can be necessary when application (or else) needs to be notified on a specific network event (ip address change for instance) to trigger some related work.

Direct dependencies

NET_MGMT && NETWORKING

(Includes any dependencies from ifs and menus.)

Defaults

No defaults. Implicitly defaults to n.

Symbols that select this symbol

• NET_L2_BT_MGMT

• NET_L2_ETHERNET_MGMT

• NET_GPTP_VLAN

• NET_LLDP

• NET_L2_PPP_MGMT

• NET_L2_IEEE802154_MGMT

• NET_L2_WIFI_MGMT

• NET_PROMISCUOUS_MODE

• NET_CONFIG_SETTINGS

• NET_CONNECTION_MANAGER

Kconfig definition

At <Zephyr>/subsys/net/ip/Kconfig.mgmt:11

Included via <Zephyr>/Kconfig:8 → <Zephyr>/Kconfig.zephyr:34 → <Zephyr>/subsys/Kconfig:34 → <Zephyr>/subsys/net/Kconfig:87 → <Zephyr>/subsys/net/ip/Kconfig:775

Menu path: (Top) → Sub Systems and OS Services → Networking → Link layer and IP networking support → IP stack → Network Management API

config NET_MGMT_EVENT
    bool "Add support for runtime network event notifications"
    depends on NET_MGMT && NETWORKING
    help
      This adds support for the stack to notify events towards any
      relevant listener. This can be necessary when application
      (or else) needs to be notified on a specific network event
      (ip address change for instance) to trigger some related work.

(The ‘depends on’ condition includes propagated dependencies from ifs and menus.)