> -----Original Message----- > From: David Miller [mailto:da...@davemloft.net] > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2017 2:08 PM > To: Grandhi, Sainath <sainath.gran...@intel.com> > Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org; mah...@bandewar.net; linux- > ker...@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: [PATCHv5 0/7] Refactor macvtap to re-use tap functionality by > other virtual intefaces > > From: Sainath Grandhi <sainath.gran...@intel.com> > Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 13:37:09 -0800 > > > Tap character devices can be implemented on other virtual interfaces > > like ipvlan, similar to macvtap. Source code for tap functionality in > > macvtap can be re-used for this purpose. > > > > This patch series splits macvtap source into two modules, macvtap and tap. > > This patch series also includes a patch for implementing tap character > > device driver based on the IP-VLAN network interface, called ipvtap. > > > > These patches are tested on x86 platform. > > I get rejects on patch #7 when I try to apply this to net-next, please respin.
Please check next version. I have based it on net-next. There is a change in "net-next" repo with ipvlan_core.c that has not made into "net" repo.
