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2014-03-25net: netmap_poll must update both read/write poll statePrasad Joshi1-2/+2
Signed-off-by: Prasad Joshi <prasadjoshi.linux@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
2014-02-25net: Disable netmap backend when not supportedVincenzo Maffione1-42/+13
This patch fixes configure so that the netmap backend is not compiled in if the host doesn't support an API version >= 11. A version upper bound (15) has been added so that the netmap API can be extended with some minor features without requiring QEMU code modifications. Moreover, some changes have been done to net/netmap.c in order to reflect the current netmap API/ABI (11). The NETMAP_WITH_LIBS macro makes possible to include some utilities (e.g. netmap ring macros, D(), RD() and other high level functions) through the netmap headers. In this way we get rid of the D and RD macro definitions in the QEMU code, and we open the way for further code simplifications that will be introduced by future patches. Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Maffione <v.maffione@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
2014-02-25net: add offloading support to netmap backendVincenzo Maffione1-1/+67
Whit this patch, the netmap backend supports TSO/UFO/CSUM offloadings, and accepts the virtio-net header, similarly to what happens with TAP. The offloading callbacks in the NetClientInfo interface have been implemented. Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Maffione <v.maffione@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
2013-12-09net: Adding netmap network backendVincenzo Maffione1-0/+435
This patch adds support for a network backend based on netmap. netmap is a framework for high speed packet I/O. You can use it to build extremely fast traffic generators, monitors, software switches or network middleboxes. Its companion software switch VALE lets you interconnect virtual machines. netmap and VALE are implemented as a non-intrusive kernel module, support NICs from multiple vendors, are part of standard FreeBSD distributions and available in source format for Linux too. To compile QEMU with netmap support, use the following configure options: ./configure [...] --enable-netmap --extra-cflags=-I/path/to/netmap/sys where "/path/to/netmap" contains the netmap source code, available at http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/netmap/ The same webpage contains more information about the netmap project (together with papers and presentations). Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Maffione <v.maffione@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>