[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/2] ethdev: introduce if_index in device info

2014-01-27 Thread Thomas Monjalon
24/01/2014 14:24, liljegren.mats2 at gmail.com: > From: Mats Liljegren > > This field is intended for pcap to describe the name of the interface > as known to Linux. It is an interface index, but can be translated into > an interface name using if_indextoname() function. > > When using pcap, int

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/2] ethdev: introduce if_index in device info

2014-01-24 Thread liljegren.ma...@gmail.com
From: Mats Liljegren This field is intended for pcap to describe the name of the interface as known to Linux. It is an interface index, but can be translated into an interface name using if_indextoname() function. When using pcap, interrupt affinity becomes important, and this field gives the ap