RE: [PATCHv6 0/7] Refactor macvtap to re-use tap functionality by other virtual intefaces

2017-02-13 Thread Grandhi, Sainath
> -Original Message- > From: David Miller [mailto:da...@davemloft.net] > Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2017 6:00 PM > To: Grandhi, Sainath > Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org; mah...@bandewar.net; linux- > ker...@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: [PATCHv6 0/7] Refactor

Re: [PATCHv6 0/7] Refactor macvtap to re-use tap functionality by other virtual intefaces

2017-02-11 Thread David Miller
From: Sainath Grandhi Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 16:03:45 -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 t

[PATCHv6 0/7] Refactor macvtap to re-use tap functionality by other virtual intefaces

2017-02-10 Thread Sainath Grandhi
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