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SubjectRe: [RFC v1 1/2] um: drivers: remove support for UML_NET_PCAP
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On 10/12/2019 00:02, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> ----- Ursprüngliche Mail -----
>> Von: "Brendan Higgins" <brendanhiggins@google.com>
>>> IMHO we should at least mark them as "obsolete" and start preparing to
>>> remove them.
>>
>> Alright, I will send a patch out which marks the other network drivers
>> as "obsolete".
>>
>> Clarification: Should I mark all UML network devices as "obsolete"
>> except for NET_VECTOR? Daemon and MCAST looked to me (I am not a
>> networking expert), like they might not be covered by vector.
>
> No. Why?
>
> Thanks,
> //richard
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At least pcap and vde are maintenance issues. They do not even build today.

Off the top of my head, daemon needs fixes to the switch - it has an
O(n) performance hit for n="number of ports" as well as a few other issues.

Tap has a fully functional replacement

Pcap has a fully functional replacement

mcast for 2 instances is functionally equivalent to running l2tp or gre
back-to-back.

IMHO we can start marking some of them as obsolete.

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