[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/5] improve tap behavior

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at intel.com
Fri Apr 14 11:45:05 CEST 2017


On 4/14/2017 10:32 AM, Pascal Mazon wrote:
> The tap does not behave properly in some cases.
> 
> It is generally expected that a real device should be available once the
> probing has been done.
> 
> It is also better to check if an operation (here, setting MAC) is
> mandatory before performing it. Typically in cases where the remote
> netdevice is a VF with limited capabilities.
> 
> This series ensures that the tap works more logically.
> 
> Pascal Mazon (5):
>   net/tap: add debug messages
>   net/tap: remove unnecessary functions
>   net/tap: drop unnecessary nested block
>   net/tap: create netdevice during probing
>   net/tap: do not set remote MAC if not necessary

Thanks for the patches, they will be considered for 17.08


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