base-files: add network_get_metric() to /lib/functions/network.sh

Signed-off-by: Florian Eckert <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Hans Dedecker <[email protected]> [PKG_RELEASE increase]

package/base-files/Makefile

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/version.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/feeds.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=base-files
-PKG_RELEASE:=195
+PKG_RELEASE:=196
 PKG_FLAGS:=nonshared
 
 PKG_FILE_DEPENDS:=$(PLATFORM_DIR)/ $(GENERIC_PLATFORM_DIR)/base-files/

package/base-files/files/lib/functions/network.sh

@@ -271,6 +271,11 @@ network_is_up()
 # 2: interface
 network_get_protocol() { __network_ifstatus "$1" "$2" ".proto"; }
 
+# determine the metric of the given logical interface
+# 1: destination variable
+# 2: interface
+network_get_metric() { __network_ifstatus "$1" "$2" ".metric"; }
+
 # determine the layer 3 linux network device of the given logical interface
 # 1: destination variable
 # 2: interface