netdev-dpdk.c: Add ingress-policing functionality.
authorIan Stokes <ian.stokes@intel.com>
Tue, 24 May 2016 16:36:51 +0000 (17:36 +0100)
committerDaniele Di Proietto <diproiettod@vmware.com>
Tue, 24 May 2016 20:37:25 +0000 (13:37 -0700)
commit9509913aa722158472bebe0d38ddef15eb49729a
treec13b3bc89edd4331c90521e424b1d4464e96151f
parentf3926f297bd94f956eb93240a3034f16face7222
netdev-dpdk.c: Add ingress-policing functionality.

This patch provides the modifications required in netdev-dpdk.c and
vswitch.xml to enable ingress policing for DPDK interfaces.

This patch implements the necessary netdev functions to netdev-dpdk.c as
well as various helper functions required for ingress policing.

The vswitch.xml has been modified to explain the expected parameters and
behaviour when using ingress policing.

The INSTALL.DPDK.md guide has been modified to provide an example
configuration of ingress policing.

Signed-off-by: Ian Stokes <ian.stokes@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniele Di Proietto <diproiettod@vmware.com>
INSTALL.DPDK.md
NEWS
lib/netdev-dpdk.c
vswitchd/vswitch.xml