From: Vipin Varghese Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 14:29:26 +0000 (+0000) Subject: doc: remove TUN from TAP PMD guide X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=73b1c1ae4e04c78230b2e5d94dcf30ddb1ed3133;p=dpdk.git doc: remove TUN from TAP PMD guide TUN PMD is not supported, removing the references from Network Interface Controller Driver Tun/Tap Poll Mode Driver section Signed-off-by: Vipin Varghese Reviewed-by: Ferruh Yigit --- diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/tap.rst b/doc/guides/nics/tap.rst index 528746ae6f..9ad2aa6f71 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/tap.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/tap.rst @@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. -Tun/Tap Poll Mode Driver -======================== +Tap Poll Mode Driver +==================== -The ``rte_eth_tap.c`` PMD creates a device using TUN/TAP interfaces on the +The ``rte_eth_tap.c`` PMD creates a device using TAP interfaces on the local host. The PMD allows for DPDK and the host to communicate using a raw device interface on the host and in the DPDK application. @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ Distribute IPv4 TCP packets using RSS to a given MAC address over queues 0-3:: Example ------- -The following is a simple example of using the TUN/TAP PMD with the Pktgen +The following is a simple example of using the TAP PMD with the Pktgen packet generator. It requires that the ``socat`` utility is installed on the test system.