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From: "Wiles, Keith" <keith.wiles@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] net/tap: remote netdevice traffic capture
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2017 15:54:52 +0000
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> On Mar 3, 2017, at 6:27 AM, Pascal Mazon <pascal.mazon@6wind.com> wrote:
>=20
> This patchset adds the special "remote" feature to the tap PMD, that
> actually enables capturing traffic from another netdevice. This is
> especially useful to get packets into the DPDK app, when the remote
> netdevice has no DPDK support.
>=20
> The "remote" feature requires flow API support as flow rules will be
> configured on the remote netdevice for redirection, using the same
> mechanism.
>=20
> This series applies on top of:
>=20
>  [PATCH 0/4] net/tap: support flow API
>=20
> Pascal Mazon (4):
>  net/tap: add remote netdevice traffic capture
>  net/tap: reflect tap flags on the remote
>  net/tap: use the remote MAC address if available
>  net/tap: set MTU on the remote
>=20
> doc/guides/nics/tap.rst       |  17 ++
> drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c | 212 ++++++++++++++++++---
> drivers/net/tap/tap.h         |   4 +
> drivers/net/tap/tap_flow.c    | 414 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=
+++--
> drivers/net/tap/tap_flow.h    |  24 +++
> 5 files changed, 631 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)

Ah here is the tap.rst change, thanks.

>=20
> --=20
> 2.8.0.rc0
>=20

Regards,
Keith