Hi, I'm sorry, the v5 patch doesn't fix the strerror(err) bug because I saw your reply on v4 after I sent v5 to fix what was pointed out by Eric Blake. The v6 patch should hopefully fix also that.
Thanks, Vincenzo 2013/11/6 Stefan Hajnoczi <stefa...@gmail.com> > On Tue, Nov 05, 2013 at 05:42:06PM +0100, 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. > > > > To compile QEMU with netmap support, use the following configure > > options: > > ./configure [...] --enable-netmap > --extra-cflags=-I/path/to/netmap/sys > > where "/path/to/netmap" contains the netmap source code, available at > > http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/netmap/ > > > > The same webpage contains more information about the netmap project > > (together with papers and presentations). > > > > Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Maffione <v.maffi...@gmail.com> > > --- > > In the future, please include a changelog after the "---" line so > reviewers know what to look for. > > I commented on v4, the strerror(error) code looks wrong, it should > probably use the errno variable instead. > > Stefan > -- Vincenzo Maffione
