[dpdk-dev,v1] doc: remove TUN from TAP PMD guide
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From: Vipin Varghese <vipin.varghese@intel.com>
TUN PMD is not supported, removing the refrences
from Network Interface Controller Driver Tun/Tap
Poll Mode Driver section
Signed-off-by: Vipin Varghese <vipin.varghese@intel.com>
---
doc/guides/nics/tap.rst | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
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On 1/23/2018 2:29 PM, Marko Kovacevic wrote:
> From: Vipin Varghese <vipin.varghese@intel.com>
>
> TUN PMD is not supported, removing the refrences
> from Network Interface Controller Driver Tun/Tap
> Poll Mode Driver section
>
> Signed-off-by: Vipin Varghese <vipin.varghese@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
On 2/5/2018 6:11 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 1/23/2018 2:29 PM, Marko Kovacevic wrote:
>> From: Vipin Varghese <vipin.varghese@intel.com>
>>
>> TUN PMD is not supported, removing the refrences
>> from Network Interface Controller Driver Tun/Tap
>> Poll Mode Driver section
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Vipin Varghese <vipin.varghese@intel.com>
>
> Reviewed-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@
(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-Tun/Tap Poll Mode Driver
-========================
+Tap Poll Mode Driver
+====================
-The ``rte_eth_tap.c`` PMD creates a device using TUN/TAP interfaces on the
+The ``rte_eth_tap.c`` PMD creates a device using 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.
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ Distribute IPv4 TCP packets using RSS to a given MAC address over queues 0-3::
Example
-------
-The following is a simple example of using the TUN/TAP PMD with the Pktgen
+The following is a simple example of using the TAP PMD with the Pktgen
packet generator. It requires that the ``socat`` utility is installed on the
test system.