Define special name for loop back interface. That interface can be used mostly for testing. Each implementation can interpret that loop to any other device.
Signed-off-by: Maxim Uvarov <[email protected]> --- platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_packet_io.h | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_packet_io.h b/platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_packet_io.h index 65adbe5..1190355 100644 --- a/platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_packet_io.h +++ b/platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_packet_io.h @@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ extern "C" { * @param pool Pool to use for packet IO * * @return ODP packet IO handle or ODP_PKTIO_INVALID on error + * + * @note dev name loop is specially pktio reserved name for + * device used for testing. Usually it's loop back + * interface. */ odp_pktio_t odp_pktio_open(const char *dev, odp_buffer_pool_t pool); -- 1.8.5.1.163.gd7aced9 _______________________________________________ lng-odp mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/lng-odp
