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authorNeale Ranns <neale@graphiant.com>2021-02-05 09:04:35 +0000
committerOle Tr�an <otroan@employees.org>2022-01-28 10:46:31 +0000
commit616447c392311791e630a604a07a2c7e47dbb7d6 (patch)
tree7ee4bc904a141bcc8171b7f9e034f575b7904f2a /src/plugins/linux-cp/FEATURE.yaml
parent1fd912c8ddbc30d1cce153f16a11b5dcf1fa571e (diff)
linux-cp: Linux Control Plane Netlink Listener
Type: feature please see FEATURE.yaml for details. Signed-off-by: Neale Ranns <nranns@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: Matthew Smith <mgsmith@netgate.com> Signed-off-by: Jon Loeliger <jdl@netgate.com> Signed-off-by: Pim van Pelt <pim@ipng.nl> Signed-off-by: Neale Ranns <neale@graphiant.com> Change-Id: I6255fd9953d0b03e6b4fe75b67a6845a7c206f74 Signed-off-by: Pim van Pelt <pim@ipng.nl>
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diff --git a/src/plugins/linux-cp/FEATURE.yaml b/src/plugins/linux-cp/FEATURE.yaml
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--- a/src/plugins/linux-cp/FEATURE.yaml
+++ b/src/plugins/linux-cp/FEATURE.yaml
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ name: Linux Control Plane (integration)
maintainer: Neale Ranns <neale@grahpiant.com>
description: |-
- This plugin provides the beginnings of an integration with the
- Linux network stack.
- The plugin provides the capability to 'mirror' VPP interfaces in
- the Linux kernel. This means that for any interface in VPP the user
+ These plugins provide an integration with the Linux network stack.
+
+ The "linux_cp" plugin provides the capability to 'mirror' VPP interfaces
+ in the Linux kernel. This means that for any interface in VPP the user
can create a corresponding TAP or TUN device in the Linux kernel
and have VPP plumb them together.
The plumbing mechanics is different in each direction.
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ description: |-
In the TX direction, packets received by VPP an the mirror Tap/Tun
are cross-connected to the VPP interfaces. For IP packets, IP output
features are applied.
- This is the beginnings of integration, because there needs to be
- an external agent that will configure (and synchronize) the IP
+ The "linux_nl" plugin listens to netlink messages and synchronizes the IP
configuration of the paired interfaces.
state: experimental