IFCAP_CANTCHANGE ? (Re: RFC: need one IFCAP bit for NETMAP)

2011-06-07 Thread Luigi Rizzo
On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 08:14:17AM +0200, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > hi, > in order to import netmap support into the tree (see > http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/netmap ), i need > to use one of the if_cap{abilities|enable} bits to report > that the interface supports this mode and record whether > the m

RFC: need one IFCAP bit for NETMAP

2011-06-06 Thread Luigi Rizzo
hi, in order to import netmap support into the tree (see http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/netmap ), i need to use one of the if_cap{abilities|enable} bits to report that the interface supports this mode and record whether the mode is enabled or not. Bit 0x10 is currently the first unused bit s