[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] drivers/net:new PMD using tun/tap host interface

[Ferruh Yigit]

Hi Keith,

On 10/4/2016 3:45 PM, Keith Wiles wrote:
> The rte_eth_tap.c PMD creates a device using TUN/TAP interfaces
> on the local host. 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.
> 
> 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_linuxapp                  |   2 +
>  doc/guides/nics/tap.rst                 |  84 ++++
>  drivers/net/Makefile                    |   1 +
>  drivers/net/tap/Makefile                |  57 +++
>  drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c           | 866 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/net/tap/rte_pmd_tap_version.map |   4 +
>  mk/rte.app.mk                           |   1 +
>  8 files changed, 1020 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

This patch needs to be rebased on top of latest next-net, .init &
.uninit are no more used.

Also patch gives a set of checkpatch warnings, fyi.

Thanks,
ferruh