Linux 2.6.35 added struct rtnl_link_stats64, which as a set of 64-bit
network device counters is what the OVS datapath needs. We might as well
use it instead of our own.
This commit moves the if_link.h compat header from datapath/ into the
top-level include/ directory so that it is visible both to kernel and
userspace code.
Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>
Acked-by: Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com>
Currently the datapath directly accesses devices through their
Linux functions. Obviously this doesn't work for virtual devices
that are not backed by an actual Linux device. This creates a
new virtual port layer which handles all interaction with devices.
The existing support for Linux devices was then implemented on top
of this layer as two device types. It splits out and renames dp_dev
to internal_dev. There were several places where datapath devices
had to handled in a special manner and this cleans that up by putting
all the special casing in a single location.
