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Author SHA1 Message Date
Vincenzo Maffione
f8113f0a65 libnetmap: add support for the offset features
The companion libnetmap changes for the "offsets" kernel support added
in a6d768d845. This includes code to parse the "@offset=NNN"
option that can be appended to the port name by any nmport_* application.
Example:
   # pkt-gen -i 'netmap:em0@offset=16'
2021-03-29 16:38:37 +00:00
Vincenzo Maffione
4c067f3842 lib: libnetmap: add missing copyright headers
MFC after:	2 weeks
2020-09-01 06:06:32 +00:00
Vincenzo Maffione
5c4f8d801c lib: add libnetmap
This changeset introduces the new libnetmap library for writing
netmap applications.
Before libnetmap, applications could either use the kernel API
directly (e.g. NIOCREGIF/NIOCCTRL) or the simple header-only-library
netmap_user.h (e.g. nm_open(), nm_close(), nm_mmap() etc.)

The new library offers more functionalities than netmap_user.h:
  - Support for complex netmap options, such as external memory
    allocators or per-buffer offsets. This opens the way to future
    extensions.
  - More flexibility in the netmap port bind options, such as
    non-numeric names for pipes, or the ability to specify the netmap
    allocator that must be used for a given port.
  - Automatic tracking of the netmap memory regions in use across the
    open ports.

At the moment there is no man page, but the libnetmap.h header file
has in-depth documentation.

Reviewed by:	hrs
MFC after:	2 weeks
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26171
2020-08-28 20:03:54 +00:00