netdevsim: add software driver for testing offloads
commit83c9e13aa39aed5cf9a2f8dd69770b7c35ba1281
authorJakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com>
Fri, 1 Dec 2017 23:08:58 +0000 (1 15:08 -0800)
committerDaniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Sat, 2 Dec 2017 23:27:57 +0000 (3 00:27 +0100)
tree215f9edf3f07ed1a784998150dda011819a71184
parentbd0b2e7fe611953470ec7c533b455fb2abd382cd
netdevsim: add software driver for testing offloads

To be able to run selftests without any hardware required we
need a software model.  The model can also serve as an example
implementation for those implementing actual HW offloads.
The dummy driver have previously been extended to test SR-IOV,
but the general consensus seems to be against adding further
features to it.

Add a new driver for purposes of software modelling only.
eBPF and SR-IOV will be added here shortly, others are invited
to further extend the driver with their offload models.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@netronome.com>
Reviewed-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@netronome.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
MAINTAINERS
drivers/net/Kconfig
drivers/net/Makefile
drivers/net/netdevsim/Makefile [new file with mode: 0644]
drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c [new file with mode: 0644]
drivers/net/netdevsim/netdevsim.h [new file with mode: 0644]