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Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:08:50 +0100 From: Thomas Martitz <thomas.martitz@....fraunhofer.de> To: richard -rw- weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com> CC: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>, "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>, "edumazet@...gle.com" <edumazet@...gle.com>, "herbert@...dor.apana.org.au" <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> Subject: Re: Trying to implement secondary loopback Am 15.03.2013 14:56, schrieb richard -rw- weinberger: > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Thomas Martitz > <thomas.martitz@....fraunhofer.de> wrote: >> I want the loopback during development of the NIC hardware. Once the NIC is >> done I drop the loopback and the card will be used for real networking. >> Thus, I want the loopback to a) test my driver, and b) test the hardware >> (for each milestone) as I'm implementing it. > > Sorry, I still don't get why you need a loopback device for that. > What's wrong with loopback? It's the simplest method to get basic bidirectional data transfer going. Can you suggest an alternative approach? Best regards. ----- visit us at OFC 2013 / March 19-21 / Anaheim Convention Center, CA, USA / booth 11807 NABSHOW 2013 / April 8-11 / Las Vegas Convention Center, Nevada, USA / booth C7843 www.hhi.fraunhofer.de/events -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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