[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10] drivers/net:new TUN/TAP device PMD

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 12/7/2016 7:38 PM, Keith Wiles wrote:
> The PMD allows for DPDK and the host to communicate using a raw
> device interface on the host and in the DPDK application. The device
> created is a Tap device with a L2 packet header.
> 
> v10- Change the string name used to allow for multiple devices.
> v9 - Fix up the docs to use correct syntax
> v8 - Fix issue with tap_tx_queue_setup() not return zero on success.
> v7 - Reword the comment in common_base and fix the data->name issue
> v6 - fixed the checkpatch issues
> v5 - merge in changes from list review see related emails
>      fixed many minor edits
> v4 - merge with latest driver changes
> v3 - fix includes by removing ifdef for other type besides Linux
>      Fix the copyright notice in the Makefile
> v2 - merge all of the patches into one patch
>      Fix a typo on naming the tap device
>      Update the maintainers list
> 
> Signed-off-by: Keith Wiles <keith.wiles at intel.com>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS                             |   5 +
>  config/common_base                      |   9 +
>  config/common_linuxapp                  |   1 +
>  doc/guides/nics/tap.rst                 | 136 ++++++

This is giving following warning [1], this file needs to be added into
doc/guides/nics/index.rst

[1]
doc/guides/nics/tap.rst:: WARNING: document isn't included in any toctree

>  drivers/net/Makefile                    |   1 +
>  drivers/net/tap/Makefile                |  57 +++
>  drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c           | 765 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/net/tap/rte_pmd_tap_version.map |   4 +
>  mk/rte.app.mk                           |   1 +
>  9 files changed, 979 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 doc/guides/nics/tap.rst
>  create mode 100644 drivers/net/tap/Makefile
>  create mode 100644 drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c
>  create mode 100644 drivers/net/tap/rte_pmd_tap_version.map
> 
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> diff --git a/drivers/net/tap/rte_pmd_tap_version.map b/drivers/net/tap/rte_pmd_tap_version.map
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..61463bf
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/net/tap/rte_pmd_tap_version.map
> @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
> +DPDK_16.11 {

17.02

> +
> +	local: *;
> +};

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