Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC v1 1/2] um: drivers: remove support for UML_NET_PCAP | From | Anton Ivanov <> | Date | Tue, 10 Dec 2019 07:14:40 +0000 |
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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 > > _______________________________________________ > linux-um mailing list > linux-um@lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-um > 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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