From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation•org>
To: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber•org>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft•net>, netdev@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/2] netmap: infrastructure (in staging)
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:45:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130419194537.GA1633@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130419120651.4e646976@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net>
On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 12:06:51PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Netmap is a framework for packet generation and capture from user
> space. It allows for efficient packet handling (up to line rate on
> 10Gb) with minimum system load. For more info see:
> http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/netmap/
>
> This version is based on the latest version from Luigi Rizzo. It has
> been modified to live to work with current net-next kernel. It still
> has all the BSD ugliness, and that is why it needs to spend some time
> in the staging penalty box.
>
> It builds and loads, but definitely needs more work.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumger•org>
>
> ---
> Patch is against net-next
>
> drivers/staging/Kconfig | 2
> drivers/staging/Makefile | 1
> drivers/staging/netmap/Kconfig | 16
> drivers/staging/netmap/Makefile | 2
> drivers/staging/netmap/README | 127 +
> drivers/staging/netmap/TODO | 16
> drivers/staging/netmap/netmap.c | 2514 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/staging/netmap/netmap_mem2.c | 974 +++++++++++++
> include/netmap/bsd_glue.h | 263 +++
> include/netmap/netmap_kern.h | 474 ++++++
> include/uapi/Kbuild | 1
> include/uapi/linux/if.h | 1
> include/uapi/netmap/Kbuild | 3
> include/uapi/netmap/netmap.h | 289 ++++
> include/uapi/netmap/netmap_user.h | 95 +
> 15 files changed, 4778 insertions(+)
I have no objection for this to go into staging. If you want it to go
through the net-next tree, feel free to add my ack:
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation•org>
Otherwise, I'll be glad to take it through the staging-next tree.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-04-19 19:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-04-19 19:06 [RFC 1/2] netmap: infrastructure (in staging) Stephen Hemminger
2013-04-19 19:09 ` [RFC 2/2] ixgbe: netmap support Stephen Hemminger
2013-04-19 19:45 ` Greg KH [this message]
2013-04-19 19:58 ` [RFC 1/2] netmap: infrastructure (in staging) David Miller
2013-04-19 20:16 ` Stephen Hemminger
2013-04-19 20:31 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-04-19 20:38 ` David Miller
2013-04-19 20:49 ` Stephen Hemminger
2013-04-19 20:53 ` David Miller
2013-05-07 17:20 ` chetan loke
2013-04-19 20:37 ` David Miller
2013-04-20 11:31 ` Daniel Borkmann
2013-04-20 14:57 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2013-04-20 15:19 ` "Oleg A. Arkhangelsky"
2013-04-28 22:33 ` Willy Tarreau
2013-04-20 23:20 ` Vincent JARDIN
2013-04-23 7:04 ` Naoto MATSUMOTO
2013-04-23 7:10 ` David Miller
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