Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 5/8] net/vdev_netvsc: implement core functionality

2018-01-18 Thread Matan Azrad
From: Stephen Hemminger, Thursday, January 18, 2018 8:26 PM > On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 08:43:43 + > Matan Azrad wrote: > > > + > > +/** > > + * Alarm callback that regularly probes system network interfaces. > > + * > > + * This callback runs at a frequency determined by > > +VDEV_NETVSC_PROBE_M

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 5/8] net/vdev_netvsc: implement core functionality

2018-01-18 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 08:43:43 + Matan Azrad wrote: > + > +/** > + * Alarm callback that regularly probes system network interfaces. > + * > + * This callback runs at a frequency determined by VDEV_NETVSC_PROBE_MS as > + * long as an vdev_netvsc context instance exists. > + * > + * @param arg >

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 5/8] net/vdev_netvsc: implement core functionality

2018-01-18 Thread Matan Azrad
As described in more details in the attached documentation (see patch contents), this virtual device driver manages NetVSC interfaces in virtual machines hosted by Hyper-V/Azure platforms. This driver does not manage traffic nor Ethernet devices directly; it acts as a thin configuration layer that