/*
- * Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Nicira, Inc.
+ * Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 Nicira, Inc.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* 'netdev''s flags, features, ethernet address, or carrier changes. */
uint64_t change_seq;
- /* The following are protected by 'netdev_mutex' (internal to netdev.c). */
+ /* The core netdev code initializes these at netdev construction and only
+ * provide read-only access to its client. Netdev implementations may
+ * modify them. */
int n_txq;
int n_rxq;
+ /* Number of rx queues requested by user. */
+ int requested_n_rxq;
int ref_cnt; /* Times this devices was opened. */
struct shash_node *node; /* Pointer to element in global map. */
struct ovs_list saved_flags_list; /* Contains "struct netdev_saved_flags". */
* not yet been uninitialized, so the "destruct" function may refer to it. The
* "destruct" function is not allowed to fail.
*
- * Each "dealloc" function frees raw memory that was allocated by the the
+ * Each "dealloc" function frees raw memory that was allocated by the
* "alloc" function. The memory's base and derived members might not have ever
* been initialized (but if "construct" returned successfully, then it has been
* "destruct"ed already). The "dealloc" function is not allowed to fail.
* If the function returns a non-zero value, some of the packets might have
* been sent anyway.
*
- * To retain ownership of 'buffers' caller can set may_steal to false.
+ * If 'may_steal' is false, the caller retains ownership of all the
+ * packets. If 'may_steal' is true, the caller transfers ownership of all
+ * the packets to the network device, regardless of success.
*
* The network device is expected to maintain one or more packet
* transmission queues, so that the caller does not ordinarily have to
void (*send_wait)(struct netdev *netdev, int qid);
/* Sets 'netdev''s Ethernet address to 'mac' */
- int (*set_etheraddr)(struct netdev *netdev,
- const uint8_t mac[ETH_ADDR_LEN]);
+ int (*set_etheraddr)(struct netdev *netdev, const struct eth_addr mac);
/* Retrieves 'netdev''s Ethernet address into 'mac'.
*
* This address will be advertised as 'netdev''s MAC address through the
* OpenFlow protocol, among other uses. */
- int (*get_etheraddr)(const struct netdev *netdev,
- uint8_t mac[ETH_ADDR_LEN]);
+ int (*get_etheraddr)(const struct netdev *netdev, struct eth_addr *mac);
/* Retrieves 'netdev''s MTU into '*mtup'.
*
* This function may be set to null if it would always return EOPNOTSUPP
* anyhow. */
int (*arp_lookup)(const struct netdev *netdev, ovs_be32 ip,
- uint8_t mac[ETH_ADDR_LEN]);
+ struct eth_addr *mac);
/* Retrieves the current set of flags on 'netdev' into '*old_flags'. Then,
* turns off the flags that are set to 1 in 'off' and turns on the flags