linux-toradex.git/include/linux/if_tap.h, branch v4.11-rc3 Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules tap: tap as an independent module 2017-02-12T01:59:41+00:00 Sainath Grandhi sainath.grandhi@intel.com 2017-02-11T00:03:51+00:00 9a393b5d5988ea4eaa3e0da138321abe0dc03a68 This patch makes tap a separate module for other types of virtual interfaces, for example, ipvlan to use. Signed-off-by: Sainath Grandhi <sainath.grandhi@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 
This patch makes tap a separate module for other types of virtual interfaces, for example,
ipvlan to use.

Signed-off-by: Sainath Grandhi <sainath.grandhi@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
tap: Extending tap device create/destroy APIs 2017-02-12T01:59:41+00:00 Sainath Grandhi sainath.grandhi@intel.com 2017-02-11T00:03:50+00:00 d9f1f61c0801a73ff36d416a7ede54229b231e1d Extending tap APIs get/free_minor and create/destroy_cdev to handle more than one type of virtual interface. Signed-off-by: Sainath Grandhi <sainath.grandhi@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 
Extending tap APIs get/free_minor and create/destroy_cdev to handle more than one
type of virtual interface.

Signed-off-by: Sainath Grandhi <sainath.grandhi@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
tap: Abstract type of virtual interface from tap implementation 2017-02-12T01:59:41+00:00 Sainath Grandhi sainath.grandhi@intel.com 2017-02-11T00:03:49+00:00 6fe3faf86757eb7f078ff06b23b206f17dc4fb36 macvlan object is re-structured to hold tap related elements in a separate entity, tap_dev. Upon NETDEV_REGISTER device_event, tap_dev is registered with idr and fetched again on tap_open. Few of the tap functions are modified to accepted tap_dev as argument. tap_dev object includes callbacks to be used by underlying virtual interface to take care of tx and rx accounting. Signed-off-by: Sainath Grandhi <sainath.grandhi@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 
macvlan object is re-structured to hold tap related elements in a separate
entity, tap_dev. Upon NETDEV_REGISTER device_event, tap_dev is registered with
idr and fetched again on tap_open. Few of the tap functions are modified to
accepted tap_dev as argument. tap_dev object includes callbacks to be used by
underlying virtual interface to take care of tx and rx accounting.

Signed-off-by: Sainath Grandhi <sainath.grandhi@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
tap: Tap character device creation/destroy API 2017-02-12T01:59:41+00:00 Sainath Grandhi sainath.grandhi@intel.com 2017-02-11T00:03:48+00:00 ebc05ba7e8600b52a2a0c87a43105143368aca2a This patch provides tap device create/destroy APIs in tap.c. Signed-off-by: Sainath Grandhi <sainath.grandhi@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 
This patch provides tap device create/destroy APIs in tap.c.

Signed-off-by: Sainath Grandhi <sainath.grandhi@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
tap: Renaming tap related APIs, data structures, macros 2017-02-12T01:59:41+00:00 Sainath Grandhi sainath.grandhi@intel.com 2017-02-11T00:03:47+00:00 635b8c8ecdd27142d7fdab0df334b2e9201481cf Renaming tap related APIs, data structures and macros in tap.c from macvtap_.* to tap_.* Signed-off-by: Sainath Grandhi <sainath.grandhi@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 
Renaming tap related APIs, data structures and macros in tap.c from macvtap_.* to tap_.*

Signed-off-by: Sainath Grandhi <sainath.grandhi@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>