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authorMaxim Uvarov <maxim.uvarov@linaro.org>2014-11-25 18:55:41 +0300
committerMaxim Uvarov <maxim.uvarov@linaro.org>2014-12-02 18:06:16 +0300
commite7cf1ba4365c3047373d81c71c5e0851cb5d11db (patch)
tree83897675dd1edbc45af1fd5f33646a95ba8f354c /platform/linux-generic/include
parent8e1b6c2a8121bdb0fb60a7a17be3558ee22772a8 (diff)
API: odp_pktio_open loop back interface
Define special name for loop back interface. That interface can be used mostly for testing. Each implementation can interpret that loop to any other device. Reviewed-by: Petri Savolainen <petri.savolainen@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Maxim Uvarov <maxim.uvarov@linaro.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'platform/linux-generic/include')
-rw-r--r--platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_packet_io.h4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_packet_io.h b/platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_packet_io.h
index 667395c3f..5f7ba7c5c 100644
--- a/platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_packet_io.h
+++ b/platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_packet_io.h
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ extern "C" {
* @param pool Pool to use for packet IO
*
* @return ODP packet IO handle or ODP_PKTIO_INVALID on error
+ *
+ * @note dev name loop is specially pktio reserved name for
+ * device used for testing. Usually it's loop back
+ * interface.
*/
odp_pktio_t odp_pktio_open(const char *dev, odp_buffer_pool_t pool);