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-rw-r--r--src/vnet/devices/af_packet/cli.c5
-rw-r--r--src/vnet/devices/netmap/cli.c68
-rw-r--r--src/vnet/devices/netmap/dir.dox27
3 files changed, 97 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/vnet/devices/af_packet/cli.c b/src/vnet/devices/af_packet/cli.c
index 5c55cb4f10e..6baa26e1720 100644
--- a/src/vnet/devices/af_packet/cli.c
+++ b/src/vnet/devices/af_packet/cli.c
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ af_packet_create_command_fn (vlib_main_t * vm, unformat_input_t * input,
* is the name of the specified veth pair. Use the
* '<em>show interfaces</em>' command to display host interface details.
*
+ * This command has the following optional parameters:
+ *
+ * - <b>hw-addr <mac-addr></b> - Optional ethernet address, can be in either
+ * X:X:X:X:X:X unix or X.X.X cisco format.
+ *
* @cliexpar
* Example of how to create a host interface tied to one side of an
* existing linux veth pair named vpp1:
diff --git a/src/vnet/devices/netmap/cli.c b/src/vnet/devices/netmap/cli.c
index 68695250506..6157f27c77f 100644
--- a/src/vnet/devices/netmap/cli.c
+++ b/src/vnet/devices/netmap/cli.c
@@ -83,11 +83,57 @@ netmap_create_command_fn (vlib_main_t * vm, unformat_input_t * input,
return 0;
}
+/*?
+ * '<em>netmap</em>' is a framework for very fast packet I/O from userspace.
+ * '<em>VALE</em>' is an equally fast in-kernel software switch using the
+ * netmap API. '<em>netmap</em>' includes '<em>netmap pipes</em>', a shared
+ * memory packet transport channel. Together, they provide a high speed
+ * user-space interface that allows VPP to patch into a linux namespace, a
+ * linux container, or a physical NIC without the use of DPDK. Netmap/VALE
+ * generates the '<em>netmap.ko</em>' kernel module that needs to be loaded
+ * before netmap interfaces can be created.
+ * - https://github.com/luigirizzo/netmap - Netmap/VALE repo.
+ * - https://github.com/vpp-dev/netmap - VPP development package for Netmap/VALE,
+ * which is a snapshot of the Netmap/VALE repo with minor changes to work
+ * with containers and modified kernel drivers to work with NICs.
+ *
+ * Create a netmap interface that will attach to a linux interface.
+ * The interface must already exist. Once created, a new netmap interface
+ * will exist in VPP with the name '<em>netmap-<ifname></em>', where
+ * '<em><ifname></em>' takes one of two forms:
+ * - <b>ifname</b> - Linux interface to bind too.
+ * - <b>valeXXX:YYY</b> -
+ * - Where '<em>valeXXX</em>' is an arbitrary name for a VALE
+ * interface that must start with '<em>vale</em>' and is less
+ * than 16 characters.
+ * - Where '<em>YYY</em>' is an existing linux namespace.
+ *
+ * This command has the following optional parameters:
+ *
+ * - <b>hw-addr <mac-addr></b> - Optional ethernet address, can be in either
+ * X:X:X:X:X:X unix or X.X.X cisco format.
+ *
+ * - <b>pipe</b> - Optional flag to indicate that a '<em>netmap pipe</em>'
+ * instance should be created.
+ *
+ * - <b>master | slave</b> - Optional flag to indicate whether VPP should
+ * be the master or slave of the '<em>netmap pipe</em>'. Only considered
+ * if '<em>pipe</em>' is entered. Defaults to '<em>slave</em>' if not entered.
+ *
+ * @cliexpar
+ * Example of how to create a netmap interface tied to the linux
+ * namespace '<em>vpp1</em>':
+ * @cliexstart{create netmap name vale00:vpp1 hw-addr 02:FE:3F:34:15:9B pipe master}
+ * netmap-vale00:vpp1
+ * @cliexend
+ * Once the netmap interface is created, enable the interface using:
+ * @cliexcmd{set interface state netmap-vale00:vpp1 up}
+?*/
/* *INDENT-OFF* */
VLIB_CLI_COMMAND (netmap_create_command, static) = {
.path = "create netmap",
- .short_help = "create netmap name [<intf name>|valeXXX:YYY] "
- "[hw-addr <mac>] [pipe] [master|slave]",
+ .short_help = "create netmap name <ifname>|valeXXX:YYY "
+ "[hw-addr <mac-addr>] [pipe] [master|slave]",
.function = netmap_create_command_fn,
};
/* *INDENT-ON* */
@@ -121,10 +167,26 @@ netmap_delete_command_fn (vlib_main_t * vm, unformat_input_t * input,
return 0;
}
+/*?
+ * Delete a netmap interface. Use the '<em><ifname></em>' to identify
+ * the netmap interface to be deleted. In VPP, netmap interfaces are
+ * named as '<em>netmap-<ifname></em>', where '<em><ifname></em>'
+ * takes one of two forms:
+ * - <b>ifname</b> - Linux interface to bind too.
+ * - <b>valeXXX:YYY</b> -
+ * - Where '<em>valeXXX</em>' is an arbitrary name for a VALE
+ * interface that must start with '<em>vale</em>' and is less
+ * than 16 characters.
+ * - Where '<em>YYY</em>' is an existing linux namespace.
+ *
+ * @cliexpar
+ * Example of how to delete a netmap interface named '<em>netmap-vale00:vpp1</em>':
+ * @cliexcmd{delete netmap name vale00:vpp1}
+?*/
/* *INDENT-OFF* */
VLIB_CLI_COMMAND (netmap_delete_command, static) = {
.path = "delete netmap",
- .short_help = "delete netmap name <interface name>",
+ .short_help = "delete netmap name <ifname>|valeXXX:YYY",
.function = netmap_delete_command_fn,
};
/* *INDENT-ON* */
diff --git a/src/vnet/devices/netmap/dir.dox b/src/vnet/devices/netmap/dir.dox
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7ddbf947c29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vnet/devices/netmap/dir.dox
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+/* Doxygen directory documentation */
+
+/**
+@dir
+@brief netmap Interface Implementation.
+
+This directory contains the source code for the netmap driver.
+
+*/
+/*? %%clicmd:group_label netmap %% ?*/
+/*? %%syscfg:group_label netmap %% ?*/