[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 10/13] KNI: provided netif name's source is user-space

[Ferruh Yigit]

Hi Michal,

On 12/13/2016 1:08 AM, Michał Mirosław wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Michał Mirosław <michal.miroslaw at atendesoftware.pl>
> ---
>  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
> index 497db9b..f0247aa 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
> @@ -363,8 +363,8 @@ kni_ioctl_create(struct net *net, uint32_t ioctl_num,
>  	up_read(&knet->kni_list_lock);
>  
>  	net_dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(struct kni_dev), dev_info.name,
> -#ifdef NET_NAME_UNKNOWN
> -							NET_NAME_UNKNOWN,
> +#ifdef NET_NAME_USER
> +							NET_NAME_USER,

Probably NET_NAME_USER fits better to definition.
But functionally, I wonder if you have a use case to use
"name_assign_type" ?

>  #endif
>  							kni_net_init);
>  	if (net_dev == NULL) {
>