On Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:34:39 +0000 Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.anan...@huawei.com> wrote:
> > This is first draft of new simplified TAP device that uses > > the Linux kernel ioring API to provide a read/write ring > > with kernel. > > > > This is split from tap device because there are so many > > unnecessary things in existing tap, and supporting ioring is > > better without ifdefs etc. The default name of the tap > > device is different that other uses in DPDK but the driver > > tries to keep the same relevant devargs as before. > > > > This driver will only provide features that match what kernel > > does, so no flow support etc. The next version will add checksum > > and multi-segment packets. Some of the doc files may need update > > as well. > > Makes sense to me, though didn't properly look inside. > One thing - probably add a 'tap' into the name, > 'tap_ioiring' or so, otherwise 'ioring' is a bit too generic > and might be confusing. There are some userspaces that look for "e*" in name for some setups. But names are totally abitrary
