Thank you John On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 9:11 PM, John Lo (loj) <l...@cisco.com> wrote: > The functions in the area you are interested may be the unformat functions > unformat_vnet_sw_interface(), unformat_vnet_hw_interface() in > src/vnet/interface_format.c used by VPP CLI to get sw_if_index or hw_if_index > from user specified interface name. -John > > -----Original Message----- > From: vpp-dev@lists.fd.io [mailto:vpp-dev@lists.fd.io] On Behalf Of Sara > Gittlin > Sent: Monday, March 12, 2018 11:22 AM > To: vpp-dev@lists.fd.io > Subject: Re: [vpp-dev] VPP As A Router Between Namespaces - 10ms latency > > btw - is there (like in linux) a vpp function helper > "interface-name-to-if-index" - which its input is interface-name and output > is vpp-if-index ? > > Thank you > -Sara > > On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 5:16 PM, Sara Gittlin <sara.gitt...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Thank you Jon >> This indeed very helpful ! >> Cheers >> -Sara >> >> On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 5:01 PM, Jon Loeliger <j...@netgate.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 3:57 AM, Sara Gittlin >>> <sara.gitt...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Dear Florin, >>>> >>>> When using the command " create tap rx-ring-size 4096 tx-ring-size 4096 " >>>> VPP create the devices with default names tap0, tap1, ..tapn. >>>> >>>> Is it possible for the user to set the name in the 'create' command line ? >>>> >>>> Thank you in advance >>>> -Sara >>> >>> >>> Hi Sara, >>> >>> Welcome to my battle! >>> >>> Luckily, there is a way to do as you wish! If you set the "instance" >>> value <n> during the tap_create API call, or use "id <n>" during the >>> "create tap ..." CLI command, you will create an interface of the >>> name "tap<n>". You may not use a different prefix than "tap", but at >>> least you can know what the name will be when it is created. >>> >>> HTH, >>> jdl >>> >>> > > > > > >
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