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* [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] net: netmap: use nm_open() to open netmap port
@ 2016-01-25 18:24 Vincenzo Maffione
  2016-01-25 18:24 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] net: netmap: use nm_open() to open netmap ports Vincenzo Maffione
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From: Vincenzo Maffione @ 2016-01-25 18:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: qemu-devel; +Cc: g.lettieri, rizzo, jasowang, Vincenzo Maffione

Current implementation of netmap backend still uses the low level netmap
API to open, register and close netmap ports. However, the netmap_user.h
header provides some helper functions that make these tasks easier, with
the additional advantage of extended interface name semantic.

As an example, the extended semantic allows to open a netmap pipe over
a VALE port by specifying an interface name in the form "valeXX:YY{ZZ".
Other suffixes are used for netmap monitors, exclusive access, and to
specify special binding mode (e.g. single queue, RX-only, TX-only, etc.).
Details can be found in the netmap man page and in the netmap API headers.

CHANGELOG:
 - dropped patch 2, since it requires further rearrangements on our side.

Vincenzo Maffione (1):
  net: netmap: use nm_open() to open netmap ports

 net/netmap.c | 97 ++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)

-- 
2.7.0

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