[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] net/tap: add link status notification

[Wiles, Keith]

> On Mar 22, 2017, at 3:40 AM, Pascal Mazon <pascal.mazon at 6wind.com> wrote:
> 
> As tap is a virtual device, there's no physical way a link can be cut.
> However, it has an associated kernel netdevice and possibly a remote
> netdevice too. These netdevices link status may change outside of the
> DPDK scope, through an external command such as:
> 
>  ip link set dev tapX down
> 
> This commit implements link status notification through netlink.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pascal Mazon <pascal.mazon at 6wind.com>

Acked-by: Keith Wiles <keith.wiles at intel.com>

Regards,
Keith