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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5] net: Adding netmap network backend
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Stefan Hajnoczi |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5] net: Adding netmap network backend |
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Wed, 6 Nov 2013 11:18:24 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) |
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 <address@hidden>
> ---
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