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authorDamjan Marion <damarion@cisco.com>2017-03-22 10:18:13 +0100
committerOle Trøan <otroan@employees.org>2017-03-22 19:52:47 +0000
commiteaabe073515e7722ed546b36f99efc6feea305a1 (patch)
tree7c5cfe203815d8cc8d989de646e5dedcd6bc2f9d /src/plugins/memif/memif.api
parent24d01367c869f968b9e21c0cae4df8c5941fdf16 (diff)
Add memif - packet memory interface for intra-host communication
Change-Id: I94c06b07a39f07ceba87bf3e7fcfc70e43231e8a Signed-off-by: Damjan Marion <damarion@cisco.com> Co-Authored-By: Milan Lenco <Milan.Lenco@pantheon.tech>
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/** \brief Create memory interface
+ @param client_index - opaque cookie to identify the sender
+ @param context - sender context, to match reply w/ request
+ @param role - role of the interface in the connection (master/slave)
+ @param key - 64bit integer used to authenticate and match opposite sides
+ of the connection
+ @param socket_filename - filename of the socket to be used for connection
+ establishment
+ @param ring_size - the number of entries of RX/TX rings
+ @param buffer_size - size of the buffer allocated for each ring entry
+ @param hw_addr - interface MAC address
+*/
+define memif_create
+{
+ u32 client_index;
+ u32 context;
+
+ u8 role; /* 0 = master, 1 = slave */
+ u64 key; /* optional, default is 0 */
+ u8 socket_filename[128]; /* optional, default is "/var/vpp/memif.sock"
+ and can be changed in VPP startup config */
+
+ u32 ring_size; /* optional, default is 1024 entries, must be power of 2 */
+ u16 buffer_size; /* optional, default is 2048 bytes */
+ u8 hw_addr[6]; /* optional, randomly generated if not defined */
+};
+
+/** \brief Create memory interface response
+ @param context - sender context, to match reply w/ request
+ @param retval - return value for request
+ @param sw_if_index - software index of the newly created interface
+*/
+define memif_create_reply
+{
+ u32 context;
+ i32 retval;
+ u32 sw_if_index;
+};
+
+/** \brief Delete memory interface
+ @param client_index - opaque cookie to identify the sender
+ @param context - sender context, to match reply w/ request
+ @param sw_if_index - software index of the interface to delete
+*/
+define memif_delete
+{
+ u32 client_index;
+ u32 context;
+
+ u32 sw_if_index;
+};
+
+/** \brief Delete host-interface response
+ @param context - sender context, to match reply w/ request
+ @param retval - return value for request
+*/
+define memif_delete_reply
+{
+ u32 context;
+ i32 retval;
+};
+
+/** \brief Memory interface details structure
+ @param context - sender context, to match reply w/ request (memif_dump)
+ @param sw_if_index - index of the interface
+ @param if_name - name of the interface
+ @param hw_addr - interface MAC address
+ @param key - key associated with the interface
+ @param role - role of the interface in the connection (master/slave)
+ @param socket_filename - name of the socket used by this interface
+ to establish new connections
+ @param ring_size - the number of entries of RX/TX rings
+ @param buffer_size - size of the buffer allocated for each ring entry
+ @param admin_up_down - interface administrative status
+ @param link_up_down - interface link status
+
+*/
+define memif_details
+{
+ u32 context;
+
+ u32 sw_if_index;
+ u8 if_name[64];
+ u8 hw_addr[6];
+
+ /* memif specific parameters */
+ u64 key;
+ u8 role; /* 0 = master, 1 = slave */
+ u8 socket_filename[128];
+ u32 ring_size;
+ u16 buffer_size; /* optional, default is 2048 bytes */
+
+ /* 1 = up, 0 = down */
+ u8 admin_up_down;
+ u8 link_up_down;
+};
+
+/** \brief Dump all memory interfaces
+ @param client_index - opaque cookie to identify the sender
+ @param context - sender context, to match reply w/ request
+*/
+define memif_dump
+{
+ u32 client_index;
+ u32 context;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Local Variables:
+ * eval: (c-set-style "gnu")
+ * End:
+ */