[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9] drivers/net:new PMD using tun/tap host interface

Mcnamara, John john.mcnamara at intel.com
Fri Oct 14 08:41:30 CEST 2016



> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Keith Wiles
> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2016 11:04 PM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: pmatilai at redhat.com; yuanhan.liu at linux.intel.com; Yigit, Ferruh
> <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9] drivers/net:new PMD using tun/tap host
> interface
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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>

For the doc part of the patch:

Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara at intel.com>



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