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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/5] improve tap behavior
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On 4/18/2017 9:17 AM, Pascal Mazon wrote:
> The tap does not behave properly in some cases.
> 
> It is generally expected that a real device should be available once the
> probing has been done.
> 
> It is also better to check if an operation (here, setting MAC) is
> mandatory before performing it. Typically in cases where the remote
> netdevice is a VF with limited capabilities.
> 
> This series ensures that the tap works more logically.
> 
> v2 changes:
>   - fix uninitialized fd variable
> 
> Pascal Mazon (5):
>   net/tap: add debug messages
>   net/tap: remove unnecessary functions
>   net/tap: drop unnecessary nested block
>   net/tap: create netdevice during probing
>   net/tap: do not set remote MAC if not necessary

Hi Pascal,

Can you please rebase the patchset on top of latest next-net?

Thanks,
ferruh