Re: [PATCHv6 0/7] Refactor macvtap to re-use tap functionality by other virtual intefaces

From	David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCHv6 0/7] Refactor macvtap to re-use tap functionality by other virtual intefaces
Date	2017-02-12 03:10 +0100
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From: Sainath Grandhi <sainath.grandhi@intel.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 16:03:45 -0800

> Tap character devices can be implemented on other virtual interfaces like
> ipvlan, similar to macvtap. Source code for tap functionality in macvtap
> can be re-used for this purpose.
> 
> This patch series splits macvtap source into two modules, macvtap and tap.
> This patch series also includes a patch for implementing tap character
> device driver based on the IP-VLAN network interface, called ipvtap.
> 
> These patches are tested on x86 platform.

Series applied, thanks.

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[PATCHv6 0/7] Refactor macvtap to re-use tap functionality by other virtual intefaces Sainath Grandhi <sainath.grandhi@intel.com> - 2017-02-11 01:10 +0100
  [PATCHv6 7/7] ipvtap: IP-VLAN based tap driver Sainath Grandhi <sainath.grandhi@intel.com> - 2017-02-11 01:10 +0100
  [PATCHv6 1/7] tap: Refactoring macvtap.c Sainath Grandhi <sainath.grandhi@intel.com> - 2017-02-11 01:10 +0100
  [PATCHv6 5/7] tap: Extending tap device create/destroy APIs Sainath Grandhi <sainath.grandhi@intel.com> - 2017-02-11 01:10 +0100
  Re: [PATCHv6 0/7] Refactor macvtap to re-use tap functionality by  other virtual intefaces David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2017-02-12 03:10 +0100

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