From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marko Kovacevic Subject: [PATCH v1] doc: remove TUN from TAP PMD guide Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 14:29:26 +0000 Message-ID: <20180123142926.23260-1-marko.kovacevic@intel.com> Cc: john.mcnamara@intel.com, marko.kovacevic@intel.com, Vipin Varghese To: dev@dpdk.org Return-path: Received: from mga01.intel.com (mga01.intel.com [192.55.52.88]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09D492C57 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2018 15:29:54 +0100 (CET) List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" From: Vipin Varghese TUN PMD is not supported, removing the refrences from Network Interface Controller Driver Tun/Tap Poll Mode Driver section Signed-off-by: Vipin Varghese --- doc/guides/nics/tap.rst | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/tap.rst b/doc/guides/nics/tap.rst index dc6f834..b23e7f5 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/tap.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/tap.rst @@ -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. -- 2.9.5