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diff --git a/netlink/README.md b/netlink/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..02f4c18 --- /dev/null +++ b/netlink/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +# Netlink library for VPP plugins + +This VPP package provides a rtnetlink-based library to be used by [VPP](http://fd.io/) plugins and other extensions. + +## HowTo + +The library and test plugin can be compiled by copying netlink.mk into VPP's build tree build-data/packages/ directory and using VPP make target netlink-install. + +Note that VPP build system can be configured to look in other directories for additional build-data/packages/ directories by adding those to build-root/build-config.mk SOURCE_PATH variable. + +## Administrativa + +### Current status + +This library is still under active development, which means the defined headers and functions are subject to changes without notice. + +### Objective + +This effort intends to be a building block for a better integration of VPP into Linux. +It will evolve depending on the needs of the VPP community while focusing on the relations between VPP plugins and the Linux networking stack. + +### Main contributors + +Pierre Pfister - LF-ID:ppfister + + |