The arm64 linuxulator needs different arguments for the objcopy
invocation used to build the linux VDSO. These arguments are both arch-
and OS-dependent, so I did not try to use some common setting for them.
Reviewed by: imp
Sponsored by: Turing Robotic Industries
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D16011
By adding spigen-rpi{2,-b}.dtso to fdt_overlays= in loader.conf, the fdt data
will set up the correct pinmux and device nodes to create a spigen(4) device
for each available chipselect pin.
Submitted by: Bob Frazier
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D15067
The veriexec device features the following ioctl commands:
VERIEXEC_ACTIVE
Activate veriexec functionality
VERIEXEC_DEBUG_ON
Enable debugging mode and increment or set the debug level
VERIEXEC_DEBUG_OFF
Disable debugging mode
VERIEXEC_ENFORCE
Enforce veriexec fingerprinting (and acitvate if not already)
VERIEXEC_GETSTATE
Get current veriexec state
VERIEXEC_LOCK
Lock changes to veriexec meta-data store
VERIEXEC_LOAD
Load veriexec fingerprint if secure level is not raised (and passes the
checks for VERIEXEC_SIGNED_LOAD)
VERIEXEC_SIGNED_LOAD
Load veriexec fingerprints from loader that supports signed manifest
(and thus we can be more lenient about secure level being raised.)
Fingerprints can be loaded if the meta-data store is not locked. Also
securelevel must not have been raised or some fingerprints must have
already been loaded, otherwise it would be dangerous to allow loading.
(Note: this assumes that the fingerprints in the meta-data store at
least cover the fingerprint loader.)
Reviewed by: jtl
Obtained from: Juniper Networks, Inc.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D8561
framework.
The code is organized into a few distinct pieces:
* The meta-data store (in veriexec_metadata.c) which maps a file system
identifier, file identifier, and generation key tuple to veriexec
meta-data record.
* Fingerprint management (in veriexec_fingerprint.c) which deals with
calculating the cryptographic hash for a file and verifying it. It also
manages the loadable fingerprint modules.
* MAC policy implementation (in mac_veriexec.c) which implements the
following MAC methods:
mpo_init
Initializes the veriexec state, meta-data store, fingerprint modules,
and registers mount and unmount EVENTHANDLERs
mpo_syscall
Implements the following per-policy system calls:
MAC_VERIEXEC_CHECK_FD_SYSCALL
Check a file descriptor to see if the referenced file has a valid
fingerprint.
MAC_VERIEXEC_CHECK_PATH_SYSCALL
Check a path to see if the referenced file has a valid fingerprint.
mpo_kld_check_load
Check if loading a kld is allowed. This checks if the referenced vnode
has a valid fingerprint.
mpo_mount_destroy_label
Clears the veriexec slot data in a mount point label.
mpo_mount_init_label
Initializes the veriexec slot data in a mount point label.
The file system identifier is saved in the veriexec slot data.
mpo_priv_check
Check if a process is allowed to write to /dev/kmem and /dev/mem
devices.
If a process is flagged as trusted, it is allowed to write.
mpo_proc_check_debug
Check if a process is allowed to be debugged. If a process is not
flagged with VERIEXEC_NOTRACE, then debugging is allowed.
mpo_vnode_check_exec
Check is an exectuable is allowed to run. If veriexec is not enforcing
or the executable has a valid fingerprint, then it is allowed to run.
NOTE: veriexec will complain about mismatched fingerprints if it is
active, regardless of the state of the enforcement.
mpo_vnode_check_open
Check is a file is allowed to be opened. If verification was not
requested, veriexec is not enforcing, or the file has a valid
fingerprint, then veriexec will allow the file to be opened.
mpo_vnode_copy_label
Copies the veriexec slot data from one label to another.
mpo_vnode_destroy_label
Clears the veriexec slot data in a vnode label.
mpo_vnode_init_label
Initializes the veriexec slot data in a vnode label.
The fingerprint status for the file is stored in the veriexec slot data.
* Some sysctls, under security.mac.veriexec, for setting debug level,
fetching the current state in a human-readable form, and dumping the
fingerprint database are implemented.
* The MAC policy implementation source file also contains some utility
functions.
* A set of fingerprint modules for the following cryptographic hash
algorithms:
RIPEMD-160, SHA1, SHA2-256, SHA2-384, SHA2-512
* Loadable module builds for MAC/veriexec and fingerprint modules.
WARNING: Using veriexec with NFS (or other network-based) file systems is
not recommended as one cannot guarantee the integrity of the files
served, nor the uniqueness of file system identifiers which are
used as key in the meta-data store.
Reviewed by: ian, jtl
Obtained from: Juniper Networks, Inc.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D8554
Update the driver to use iflib in order to bring performance,
maintainability, and (hopefully) stability benefits to the driver.
The driver currently isn't completely ported; features that are missing:
- VF driver (ixlv)
- SR-IOV host support
- RDMA support
The plan is to have these re-added to the driver before the next FreeBSD release.
Reviewed by: gallatin@
Contributions by: gallatin@, mmacy@, krzysztof.galazka@intel.com
Tested by: jeffrey.e.pieper@intel.com
MFC after: 1 month
Sponsored by: Intel Corporation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D15577
linux_vdso.so provides the vdso for the linuxulator's amd64 target and
is mapped into a Linux binary's address space. Thus it should be a
Linux-style .so, which has the ELF OS/ABI unset.
It turns out that ELF Tool Chain elfcopy/objcopy also has a bug where
the OS/ABI field is unset, regardless of the specified --output-target,
so this change is a no-op with the default in-tree toolchain. This is a
real fix when using external binutils, and the ELF Tool Chain bug will
be fixed in the future.
PR: 228934
Sponsored by: Turing Robotic Industries
Because base gcc does not support the required intrinsics, do not
attempt to compile the aesni module with it.
Noticed by: Dan Allen <danallen46@gmail.com>
MFC after: 3 days
Rack includes the following features:
- A different SACK processing scheme (the old sack structures are not used).
- RACK (Recent acknowledgment) where counting dup-acks is no longer done
instead time is used to knwo when to retransmit. (see the I-D)
- TLP (Tail Loss Probe) where we will probe for tail-losses to attempt
to try not to take a retransmit time-out. (see the I-D)
- Burst mitigation using TCPHTPS
- PRR (partial rate reduction) see the RFC.
Once built into your kernel, you can select this stack by either
socket option with the name of the stack is "rack" or by setting
the global sysctl so the default is rack.
Note that any connection that does not support SACK will be kicked
back to the "default" base FreeBSD stack (currently known as "default").
To build this into your kernel you will need to enable in your
kernel:
makeoptions WITH_EXTRA_TCP_STACKS=1
options TCPHPTS
Sponsored by: Netflix Inc.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D15525
Intel now provides comprehensive tables for all performance counters
and the various valid configuration permutations as text .json files.
Libpmc has been converted to use these and hwpmc_core has been greatly
simplified by moving to passthrough of the table values.
The one gotcha is that said tables don't support pentium pro and and pentium
IV. There's very few users of hwpmc on _amd64_ kernels on new hardware. It is
unlikely that anyone is doing low level optimization on 15 year old Intel
hardware. Nonetheless, if someone feels strongly enough to populate the
corresponding tables for p4 and ppro I will reinstate the files in to the
build.
Code for the K8 counters and !x86 architectures remains unchanged.
The hardware rate limiting feature is enabled by the RATELIMIT kernel
option. Please refer to ifconfig(8) and the txrtlmt option and the
SO_MAX_PACING_RATE set socket option for more information. This
feature is compatible with hardware transmit send offload, TSO.
A set of sysctl(8) knobs under dev.mce.<N>.rate_limit are provided to
setup the ratelimit table and also to fine tune various rate limit
related parameters.
Sponsored by: Mellanox Technologies
Supported Microchip devices:
- LAN7515 USB 2 hub and gigabit Ethernet controller w/ PHY
- LAN7800 USB 3.0 gigabit Ethernet controller w/ PHY
The LAN7515 is the Ethernet controller on the Raspberry Pi 3 B+.
This driver has some TODO items outstanding, but basic functionality
works.
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
It was introduced to the tree in r169320 and r169321 in May 2007.
It never got much use and never became a kernel default. The code
duplicates the default path quite a bit, with slight modifications. Just
yank out the cruft. Whatever goals were being aimed for can probably be met
within the existing framework, without a flag day option.
Mostly mechanical change: 'unifdef -m -UINTR_FILTER'.
Reviewed by: mmacy
Sponsored by: Dell EMC Isilon
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D15546
We can't modify vendor code so there's no signal in warnings from it.
Similarly -Waddress-of-packed-member is not useful on networking code
as access to packed structures is fundamental to its operation.
storage, CDC ACM (serial), and CDC ECM (ethernet) at the same time.
It's quite similar in function to Linux' "g_multi" gadget.
Reviewed by: hselasky@
MFC after: 2 weeks
Relnotes: yes
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
This driver was merged to HEAD one week prior to Exar publicly announcing they
had left the Ethernet market. It is not known to be used and has various code
quality issues spotted by Brooks and Hiren. Retire it in preparation for
FreeBSD 12.0.
Submitted by: kbowling
Reviewed by: brooks imp
Relnotes: yes
Sponsored by: Limelight Networks
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D15442
This driver supports two Microchip USB-Ethernet controllers:
LAN7800 USB 3.1 to 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
LAN7515 USB 2 to 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet with built-in USB hub
The LAN7515 is the Ethernet controller on the Raspberry Pi 3B+.
At present there is no datasheet for the LAN7515, but it is effectively
a USB 2 hub combined with a LAN7800 controller. A comprehensive LAN7800
datasheet is at http://www.microchip.com/wwwproducts/en/LAN7800.
This driver is based on the structure of the smsc(4) driver which
supports Microchip/SMSC's LAN95xx family. (Microchip acquired SMSC
in May 2012.) The Linux lan78xx driver served as a reference for some
functionality and registers.
The 'muge' driver name comes from "Microchip USB Gigabit Ethernet".
I made some style adjustments and minor edits to Arshan's submission.
It will be connected to the build after additional review and testing.
Thanks to Microchip for providing a number of Evaluation Boards (EVBs)
for development and testing.
Submitted by: Arshan Khanifar
Reviewed by: hselasky (earlier)
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D15168
This driver is compatible with H3/H5/A64.
Test was done on the OrangePi-PC2 board (H5 based), which have a mx25l1606e
spi flash on it, by writing u-boot image, reading it and booting from the spi.
There is still room for improvement especially on reading using the controller
automatic burst which will avoid us to write dummy data to the TX FIFO.
DMA is also not supported as we currently don't support the DMA controller on
those SoCs
Only add a kernel module for it.
provisioned for NIC_ETHOFLD and the kernel has option RATELIMIT.
It is possible to use the chip's offload queues for normal NIC Tx and
not just TOE Tx. The difference is that these queues support out of
order processing of work requests and have a per-"flowid" mechanism for
tracking credits between the driver and hardware. This allows Tx for
any number of flows bound to different rate limits to be submitted to a
single Tx queue and the work requests for slow flows won't cause HOL
blocking for the rest.
Sponsored by: Chelsio Communications
Read locking is over used in the kernel to guarantee liveness. This API makes
it easy to provide livenes guarantees without atomics.
Includes epoch_test kernel module to stress test the API.
Documentation will follow initial use case.
Test case and improvements to preemption handling in response to discussion
with mjg@
Reviewed by: imp@, shurd@
Approved by: sbruno@
o Modify ipfw(8) to be able set any prefix6 not just Well-Known,
and also show configured prefix6;
o relocate some definitions and macros into proper place;
o convert nat64_debug and nat64_allow_private variables to be
VNET-compatible;
o add struct nat64_config that keeps generic configuration needed
to NAT64 code;
o add nat64_check_prefix6() function to check validness of specified
by user IPv6 prefix according to RFC6052;
o use nat64_check_private_ip4() and nat64_embed_ip4() functions
instead of nat64_get_ip4() and nat64_set_ip4() macros. This allows
to use any configured IPv6 prefixes that are allowed by RFC6052;
o introduce NAT64_WKPFX flag, that is set when IPv6 prefix is
Well-Known IPv6 prefix. It is used to reduce overhead to check this;
o modify nat64lsn_cfg and nat64stl_cfg structures to use nat64_config
structure. And respectivelly modify the rest of code;
o remove now unused ro argument from nat64_output() function;
o remove __FreeBSD_version ifdef, NAT64 was not merged to older versions;
o add commented -DIPFIREWALL_NAT64_DIRECT_OUTPUT flag to module's Makefile
as example.
Obtained from: Yandex LLC
MFC after: 1 month
Sponsored by: Yandex LLC
These firmwares and the following list of changes are from the public
ChelsioUwire-3.7.1.0 release.
T6 Firmware
================================================================================
Version : 1.19.1.0
Date : 04/23/2018
================================================================================
Fixes
-----
BASE:
- Fixed traffic stall when rate-limit is modified while running traffic.
- Fixes a firmware crash in FW_ETH_TX_EO_WR handling.
- Fixes host DCB support when FW_PORT_CMD is used.
ETH:
- Exit Auto-Negotiation if we don't receive base page from peer within 10s.
This fixes some cases where in we keep on restarting auto negotiation without
ever exiting, resulting in link failure.
- Fixes an issue where VF packets counter were not increasing if VF packets
coalesced WR is used by driver.
OFLD:
- Kernel and user mode NVMEoF performance enhancements.
FOiSCSI:
- Fixes fw crash when trying to connect to non-existence IPv6 iSNS target.
================================================================================
Version : 1.18.9.0
Date : 03/27/2018
================================================================================
Fixes
-----
BASE:
- For Ethernet frames less than 64B, pad them with zero bytes as per IEEE spec
(RFC 894).
- Added a new parameter iqtype to FW_IQ_CMD to identify the ingress NIC or offload
queues. This fixes an issue where driver was receiving interrupt with no new
messages in queue.
- FW_PARAMS_CMD processes all the valaid paramaters and returns value 0UL for
any unknown parameter.
OFLD:
- Fixes connection failure during SRQ reuse.
- Fixes incorrect cqe in case of WRITE with immediate operation.
FOiSCSI:
- Fixes a fw crash when wrong node-id is passed to FW_FOISCSI_CTRL_WR.
FOFCoE:
- Fixes a fw hang while creating NPIV.
Enhancements
------------
ETH:
- A new WR FW_ETH_TX_PKTS_VM_WR added to support VM packet coalescing.
================================================================================
Version : 1.18.4.0
Date : 02/28/2018
================================================================================
Fixes
-----
BASE:
- Fixed Rate limiting not working for 101Mbps<=rate limit<=163Mbps range.
- Fixed starting more than 32 VMs on PF4 causing firmware hang.
ETH:
- Fixed link failure due to FEC mismatch with optics.
- Fixed link failure with link toggle stress tests.
- Only BaseR FEC is supported for 50G.
- Fixed a bug in next page handling which sometimes causes link down.
- Fixed port down due to failre to read eeprom contents of some modules.
- Fixed a bug causing adapter to fail with spider configuration.
FOiSCSI:
- Fixed a bug causing login failure when connecting to multiple targets.
Enhancements
------------
BASE:
- Added a new firmware API to retrieve the maximum temperaturethreshold for
the chip (FW_PARAM_DEV_DIAG_MAXTMPTHRESH).
ETH:
- Added support for user to contol pause negotiation during auto negotiation.
FOiSCSI:
- Added a new facility to redirect few fw events to offload rx queue
(based on driver's configration)
- Driver can ignore providing ipv6 prefix len during ipv6 address configuration.
================================================================================
Version : 1.17.14.0
Date : 12/27/2017
================================================================================
FIXES
-----
BASE:
- Fixed an FLR failure during simulteneous power up of VM.
- Fixed an issue in vlan acl which was limiting vlan range to 1024.
ETH:
- Enabled RS-FEC for 25G active copper cable and 25GBASE-SR.
- When auto negotiation is enabled, final pause settings are resolved
based on local and peer pause settings.
- Handle NACK for an I2C access.
OFLD
- Fixed rdma connection cleanup in SO adpater.
- Fixed rdma connections during read invalidate.
- Fixed the crash when invalid BW rate is passed to fw.
- Fixed the traffic hang when BW allocation is changed from switch during traffic.
FOFCoE:
- Fixed an issue where initiator remains logged-in even after LLDP is disabled
on switch.
ENHANCEMENTS
------------
BASE:
- Added support for 248 VFs.
- Added fw driver periodic calibration for MC.
ETH:
- Added XLAUI port type support.
- Added raw mac entry deletion support (FW_VI_MAC_ID_BASED_FREE).
OFLD:
- Inline IPSec support added (flag F_FW_ULPTX_WR_DATA indicates the inline
IPSec WR).
- New work request FW_RI_RDMA_WRITE_CMPL_WR (write with completion) added to
T5 Firmware
================================================================================
Version : 1.19.1.0
Date : 04/23/2018
================================================================================
Fixes
-----
BASE:
- Fixes a firmware crash in FW_ETH_TX_EO_WR handling.
- Fixes host DCB support when FW_PORT_CMD is used.
ETH:
- Fixes an issue where VF packets counter were not increasing if VF packets
coalesced WR is used by driver.
OFLD:
- Fixes an issue where fw hangs if max traffic rate passed is 0.
FOiSCSI:
- Fixes fw crash when trying to connect to non-existence IPv6 iSNS target.
================================================================================
Version : 1.18.9.0
Date : 03/27/2018
================================================================================
Fixes
-----
BASE:
- For Ethernet frames less than 64B, pad them with zero bytes as per IEEE spec
(RFC 894).
- Added a new parameter iqtype to FW_IQ_CMD to identify the ingress NIC or offload
queues. This fixes an issue where driver was receiving interrupt with no new
messages in queue.
ETH:
- Pad the Ethernet packets of size less than 64B with zeros. This fixes the
incorrect checksum generation of packets less then 64B.
FOiSCSI:
- Fixes a fw crash when wrong node-id is passed to FW_FOISCSI_CTRL_WR.
FOFCoE:
- Fixes a fw hang while creating NPIV.
Enhancements
------------
ETH:
- A new WR FW_ETH_TX_PKTS_VM_WR added to support VM packet coalescing.
================================================================================
Version : 1.18.4.0
Date : 02/28/2018
================================================================================
Fixes
-----
BASE:
- Fixed starting more than 32 VMs on PF4 causing firmware hang.
FOiSCSI:
- Fixed a bug causing login failure when connecting to multiple targets.
Enhancements
------------
BASE:
- Added a new firmware API to retrieve the maximum temperaturethreshold for
the chip (FW_PARAM_DEV_DIAG_MAXTMPTHRESH).
ETH:
- Added support for user to contol pause negotiation during auto negotiation.
FOiSCSI:
- Added a new facility to redirect few fw events to offload rx queue
(based on driver's configration)
- Driver can ignore providing ipv6 prefix len during ipv6 address configuration.
================================================================================
Version : 1.17.14.0
Date : 12/27/2017
================================================================================
FIXES
-----
BASE:
- Fixed an issue in vlan acl which was limiting vlan range to 1024.
ETH:
- Corrected lane inversion logic.
- Fixed improper LED behavior in T580 cards.
- When auto negotiation is enabled, final pause settings are resolved
based on local and peer pause settings.
- Handle NACK for an I2C access.
OFLD
- Fixed rdma connections during read invalidate.
FOiSCSI:
- Fixed a connections hang when link is toggled frequently.
FOFCoE:
- Fixed an issue where initiator remains logged-in even after LLDP is disabled
on switch.
ENHANCEMENTS
------------
BASE:
- Added support for 124 VFs.
ETH:
- Added XLAUI port type support.
- Added raw mac entry deletion support (FW_VI_MAC_ID_BASED_FREE).
OFLD:
- New work request FW_RI_RDMA_WRITE_CMPL_WR (write with completion) added to
optimize NVMEoF write.
T4 Firmware
================================================================================
Version : 1.19.1.0
Date : 04/23/2018
================================================================================
Fixes
-----
BASE:
- Fixes a firmware crash in FW_ETH_TX_EO_WR handling.
- Fixes host DCB support when FW_PORT_CMD is used.
FOiSCSI:
- Fixes fw crash when trying to connect to non-existence IPv6 iSNS target.
================================================================================
Version : 1.18.9.0
Date : 03/27/2018
================================================================================
Fixes
-----
BASE:
- Added a new paramter iqtype to FW_IQ_CMD to identify the ingress NIC or
offload queues. This fixes an issue where driver was receiving interrupt with
no new messages in queue.
FOFCoE:
- Fixes a fw hang while creating NPIV.
Enhancements
------------
ETH:
- A new WR FW_ETH_TX_PKTS_VM_WR added to support VM packet coalescing.
================================================================================
Version : 1.18.4.0
Date : 02/28/2018
================================================================================
Enhancements
------------
BASE:
- Added a new firmware API to retrieve the maximum temperaturethreshold for
the chip (FW_PARAM_DEV_DIAG_MAXTMPTHRESH).
================================================================================
Version : 1.17.14.0
Date : 12/27/2017
================================================================================
FIXES
-----
BASE:
- Fixed an issue in vlan acl which was limiting vlan range to 1024.
MFC after: 3 days
Sponsored by: Chelsio Communications
This driver was for an early and uncommon legacy PCI 10GbE for a single
ASIC, Intel 82597EX. Intel quickly shifted to the long lived ixgbe family.
Submitted by: kbowling
Reviewed by: brooks imp jeffrey.e.pieper@intel.com
Relnotes: yes
Sponsored by: Limelight Networks
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D15234
Refresh upstream driver before impending conversion to iflib.
Major changes:
- Support for descriptor writeback mode (required by ixlv(4) for AVF support)
- Ability to disable firmware LLDP agent by user (PR 221530)
- Fix for TX queue hang when using TSO (PR 221919)
- Separate descriptor ring sizes for TX and RX rings
PR: 221530, 221919
Submitted by: Krzysztof Galazka <krzysztof.galazka@intel.com>
Reviewed by: #IntelNetworking
MFC after: 1 day
Relnotes: Yes
Sponsored by: Intel Corporation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D14985
This driver supports legacy, 32-bit PCI devices, and had an ambiguous
license. Supported devices were already reported to be rare in 2003
(when an earlier version of the driver was removed in r123201).
Reviewed by: rgrimes
Relnotes: Yes
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D15245
- Microsemi SCSI driver for PQI controllers.
- Found on newer model HP servers.
- Restrict to AMD64 only as per developer request.
The driver provides support for the new generation of PQI controllers
from Microsemi. This driver is the first SCSI driver to implement the PQI
queuing model and it will replace the aacraid driver for Adaptec Series 9
controllers. HARDWARE Controllers supported by the driver include:
HPE Gen10 Smart Array Controller Family
OEM Controllers based on the Microsemi Chipset.
Submitted by: deepak.ukey@microsemi.com
Relnotes: yes
Sponsored by: Microsemi
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D14514
Use proper method to access userspace. For now, only the slow copyout
path is implemented.
Reported and tested by: tijl (previous version)
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Adjust sys/conf/files and sys/modules/puc/Makefile to omit
pucdata.c now tht it's included by puc_pci.c.
Submitted by: Lakhan Shiva Kamireddy (with build fixes by me)
Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/pull/136
While Arcnet has some continued deployment in industrial controls, the
lack of drivers for any of the PCI, USB, or PCIe NICs on the market
suggests such users aren't running FreeBSD.
Evidence in the PR database suggests that the cm(4) driver (our sole
Arcnet NIC) was broken in 5.0 and has not worked since.
PR: 182297
Reviewed by: jhibbits, vangyzen
Relnotes: yes
Sponsored by: DARPA, AFRL
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D15057
Changelist:
- Turn tx_rings and rx_rings arrays into arrays of pointers to kring
structs. This patch includes fixes for ixv, ixl, ix, re, cxgbe, iflib,
vtnet and ptnet drivers to cope with the change.
- Generalize the nm_config() callback to accept a struct containing many
parameters.
- Introduce NKR_FAKERING to support buffers sharing (used for netmap
pipes)
- Improved API for external VALE modules.
- Various bug fixes and improvements to the netmap memory allocator,
including support for externally (userspace) allocated memory.
- Refactoring of netmap pipes: now linked rings share the same netmap
buffers, with a separate set of kring pointers (rhead, rcur, rtail).
Buffer swapping does not need to happen anymore.
- Large refactoring of the control API towards an extensible solution;
the goal is to allow the addition of more commands and extension of
existing ones (with new options) without the need of hacks or the
risk of running out of configuration space.
A new NIOCCTRL ioctl has been added to handle all the requests of the
new control API, which cover all the functionalities so far supported.
The netmap API bumps from 11 to 12 with this patch. Full backward
compatibility is provided for the old control command (NIOCREGIF), by
means of a new netmap_legacy module. Many parts of the old netmap.h
header has now been moved to netmap_legacy.h (included by netmap.h).
Approved by: hrs (mentor)
and VMware legal:
- Add a dual BSD-2 Clause/GPLv2 LICENSE file in the VMCI directory
- Remove the use of "All Rights Reserved"
- Per best practice, remove copyright/license info from Makefile
Reviewed by: imp, emaste, jhb, Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@vmware.com>
Approved by: VMware legal via Mark Peek <markpeek@vmware.com>
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D14979
