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Diffstat (limited to 'src/plugins/linux-cp/FEATURE.yaml')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/plugins/linux-cp/FEATURE.yaml b/src/plugins/linux-cp/FEATURE.yaml index 088b0606f58..425858591f2 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 +17,10 @@ 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 + If MPLS is enabled on a VPP interface, state is synced to Linux and + in TX direction a special feature is enabled to pass MPLS packets through + untouched. + The "linux_nl" plugin listens to netlink messages and synchronizes the IP configuration of the paired interfaces. state: experimental |