[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11] drivers/net:new TUN/TAP device PMD

[Vasily Philipov]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Keith Wiles
> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2016 21:05
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: pmatilai at redhat.com; yuanhan.liu at linux.intel.com;
> ferruh.yigit at intel.com; john.mcnamara at intel.com
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11] drivers/net:new TUN/TAP device PMD
> 
> 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.
> 
> v11- Add the tap.rst to the nic/index.rst file
> 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/index.rst               |   1 +
>  doc/guides/nics/tap.rst                 | 136 ++++++
>  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 +
>  10 files changed, 980 insertions(+)

Tested-by: Vasily Philipov <vasilyf at mellanox.com>