Re: Switching packets from netif_rx()

[Jeff Garzik]

Madhavi wrote:
> The setup is -
>
> 	+-----------+		+------------+		+------+
> 	| Streamer  |-----------|   Switch   |----------| Host |
> 	+-----------+		+------------+		+------+
>
> The switching functionality is implemented in function netif_rx(). Based
> on the list of outgoing interfaces, I am doing the following things.
>
> * Cloning the packets.
> * Obtaining outgoing device from outgoing interface index.
> * Calling dev_queue_xmit() to send the packet on outgoing device.


As a tangent, this is pretty much what CONFIG_NET_FASTROUTE does...

	Jeff



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