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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Grandhi, Sainath
> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 5:34 PM
> To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: da...@davemloft.net; Grandhi, Sainath <sainath.gran...@intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH RFC v1 0/3] Support for tap user-space access with veth
> interfaces
>
> From: Sainath Grandhi <sainath.gran...@intel.com>
>
> This patchset adds a tap device driver for veth virtual network interface.
> With this implementation, tap character interface can be added only to the
> peer
> veth interface. Adding tap interface to veth is for usecases that forwards
> packets between host and VMs. This eliminates the need for an additional
> software bridge. This can be extended to create both the peer interfaces as
> tap
> interfaces. These patches are a step in that direction.
>
> Sainath Grandhi (3):
> net: Adding API to parse IFLA_LINKINFO attribute
> net: Abstracting out common routines from veth for use by vethtap
> vethtap: veth based tap driver
>
> drivers/net/Kconfig | 1 +
> drivers/net/Makefile | 2 +
> drivers/net/{veth.c => veth_main.c} | 80 ++++++++++---
> drivers/net/vethtap.c | 216
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/if_veth.h | 13 +++
> include/net/rtnetlink.h | 3 +
> net/core/rtnetlink.c | 8 ++
> 7 files changed, 308 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) rename
> drivers/net/{veth.c =>
> veth_main.c} (89%) create mode 100644 drivers/net/vethtap.c create mode
> 100644 include/linux/if_veth.h
>
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> 2.7.4
