Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:42:29 +0300 | From | "Michael S. Tsirkin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] macvlan: add tap device backend |
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On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 03:29:46PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Monday 10 August 2009, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > > > > Would it be enough to check the dev_queue_xmit() return > > > code for NETDEV_TX_BUSY? > > > > > > How would I get notified when it gets free again? > > > > You can do this by creating a socket. Look at how tun does > > this now. > > Hmm, I was hoping to be able to avoid this, because I can > interact more directly with the outbound physical interface > using dev_queue_xmit() instead of netif_rx_ni().
Yea, that's what tun does. socket just notifies you when packets are freed.
> I'll have a look. Thanks, > > Arnd <><
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