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| author |   Neale Ranns <neale@graphiant.com> | 2021-02-05 09:04:35 +0000 |
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| committer |   Ole Tr�an <otroan@employees.org> | 2022-01-28 10:46:31 +0000 |
| commit | 616447c392311791e630a604a07a2c7e47dbb7d6 (patch) | |
| tree | 7ee4bc904a141bcc8171b7f9e034f575b7904f2a /src/plugins/linux-cp/FEATURE.yaml | |
| parent | 1fd912c8ddbc30d1cce153f16a11b5dcf1fa571e (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>
Diffstat (limited to 'src/plugins/linux-cp/FEATURE.yaml')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/plugins/linux-cp/FEATURE.yaml | 11 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/plugins/linux-cp/FEATURE.yaml b/src/plugins/linux-cp/FEATURE.yaml index 088b0606f58..cf99b7aa5be 100644 --- 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 |