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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9] net/kni: add KNI PMD
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On 17/02/17 14:47, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 2017-02-17 13:42, Ferruh Yigit:
>> Add KNI PMD which wraps librte_kni for ease of use.
>>
>> KNI PMD can be used as any regular PMD to send / receive packets to the
>> Linux networking stack.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Yong Wang <yongwang@vmware.com>
>> ---
>>
>> v9:
>> * update for 17.05
> You keep updating this patch in the hope that someone would be interested :)

We needed this a while back in DPDK for warp17, however I ended up 
implementing this myself, 
https://github.com/Juniper/warp17/blob/master/src/kni_if/tpg_kni_pmd.c

I think its useful,  so you do not have to use different APIs when 
sending/receiving over multiple types of interfaces.

> Please let's make clear that I am OK to merge it
> but you asked me to wait for someone supporting its inclusion.