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| author | Nolan Leake <nolan@sigbus.net> | 2011-05-24 17:13:02 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-05-25 08:39:41 -0700 |
| commit | 4ff4d8d342fe25c4d1106fb0ffdd310a43d0ace0 (patch) | |
| tree | b41ea0ecc007f1c90eceada0db081dc0fb81700c /Documentation/virtual | |
| parent | d634f194d4e2e58d57927c812aca097e67a2287d (diff) | |
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um: add ucast ethernet transport
The ucast transport is similar to the mcast transport (and, in fact,
shares most of its code), only it uses UDP unicast to move packets.
Obviously this is only useful for point-to-point connections between
virtual ethernet devices.
Signed-off-by: Nolan Leake <nolan@cumulusnetworks.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/virtual')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/virtual/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt index 9b7e190..5d0fc8b 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt @@ -1182,6 +1182,16 @@ forge.net/> and explains these in detail, as well as some other issues. + There is also a related point-to-point only "ucast" transport. + This is useful when your network does not support multicast, and + all network connections are simple point to point links. + + The full set of command line options for this transport are + + + ethn=ucast,ethernet address,remote address,listen port,remote port + + 66..66.. TTUUNN//TTAAPP wwiitthh tthhee uummll__nneett hheellppeerr |
