This series modernizes the PCAP PMD with bug fixes, code cleanup, and new features.
**New features:** - VLAN insert and strip offload support - Nanosecond timestamp precision (using pcap_create/pcap_activate API) - MTU configuration in single interface mode - Advertise multi-segment TX capability **Bug fixes:** - Transmit now always consumes all packets, counting failures as errors rather than returning early (matches other PMD behavior) - Remove silent truncation of oversized multi-segment packets - Replace large stack buffers with dynamic allocation **Code cleanup:** - Add explicit header includes - Remove unnecessary casts and rte_malloc/rte_memcpy usage - Consolidate boolean flag parsing with input validation - Reduce scope of file-level variables - Replace volatile with proper atomics **Other:** - Update feature matrix documentation - Add comprehensive unit test suite - Take on maintainership v6: - Add maintainers patch - Add patches for explicit header includes and removing unnecessary casts - Fold release notes into individual patches - Improve commit message subjects for clarity --- Stephen Hemminger (13): maintainers: update for pcap driver doc: update features for PCAP PMD net/pcap: include used headers net/pcap: remove unnecessary casts net/pcap: avoid using rte_malloc and rte_memcpy net/pcap: improve multi-segment transmit handling net/pcap: support MTU configuration in single interface mode net/pcap: consolidate boolean flag handling net/pcap: support VLAN insert and strip net/pcap: support nanosecond timestamp precision net/pcap: reduce scope of file-level variables net/pcap: avoid use of volatile test: add test for pcap PMD MAINTAINERS | 1 + app/test/meson.build | 2 + app/test/test_pmd_pcap.c | 2263 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ doc/guides/nics/features/pcap.ini | 9 + doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_03.rst | 10 + drivers/net/pcap/pcap_ethdev.c | 383 ++-- drivers/net/pcap/pcap_osdep.h | 2 + drivers/net/pcap/pcap_osdep_freebsd.c | 36 +- drivers/net/pcap/pcap_osdep_linux.c | 28 +- drivers/net/pcap/pcap_osdep_windows.c | 6 + 10 files changed, 2591 insertions(+), 149 deletions(-) create mode 100644 app/test/test_pmd_pcap.c -- 2.51.0
