On 10/29/2013 04:12 AM, Vincenzo Maffione wrote: > This patch adds support for a network backend based on netmap. > netmap is a framework for high speed packet I/O. You can use it > to build extremely fast traffic generators, monitors, software > switches or network middleboxes. Its companion software switch > VALE lets you interconnect virtual machines. > netmap and VALE are implemented as a non intrusive kernel module, > support NICs from multiple vendors, are part of standard FreeBSD > distributions and available in source format for Linux too. >
Looking at just the interface: > +++ b/qapi-schema.json > @@ -2984,6 +2984,22 @@ > 'hubid': 'int32' } } > > ## > +# @NetdevNetmapOptions > +# > +# Connect two or more net clients through a VALE switch > +# > +# @ifname: optional name of the VALE port > +# > +# @devname: optional path of the netmap device What values are used if I omit these parameters? It's best to document what the defaults are (and if you have a hard time choosing sane defaults, it may be better to make the parameters mandatory). > +# > +# Since 1.2 This is wrong; you've already missed 1.7 freeze, so the earliest it can go in is 1.8. -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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