net: Adding netmap network backend

This patch adds support for a network backend based on netmap.
netmap is a framework for high speed packet I/O. You can use it
to build extremely fast traffic generators, monitors, software
switches or network middleboxes. Its companion software switch
VALE lets you interconnect virtual machines.
netmap and VALE are implemented as a non-intrusive kernel module,
support NICs from multiple vendors, are part of standard FreeBSD
distributions and available in source format for Linux too.

To compile QEMU with netmap support, use the following configure
options:
    ./configure [...] --enable-netmap --extra-cflags=-I/path/to/netmap/sys
where "/path/to/netmap" contains the netmap source code, available at
    http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/netmap/

The same webpage contains more information about the netmap project
(together with papers and presentations).

Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Maffione <v.maffione@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 066622865f..5d82283a14 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ curl=""
 curses=""
 docs=""
 fdt=""
+netmap="no"
 pixman=""
 sdl=""
 virtfs=""
@@ -488,6 +489,7 @@ FreeBSD)
   audio_possible_drivers="oss sdl esd pa"
   # needed for kinfo_getvmmap(3) in libutil.h
   LIBS="-lutil $LIBS"
+  netmap=""  # enable netmap autodetect
 ;;
 DragonFly)
   bsd="yes"
@@ -797,6 +799,10 @@ for opt do
   ;;
   --enable-vde) vde="yes"
   ;;
+  --disable-netmap) netmap="no"
+  ;;
+  --enable-netmap) netmap="yes"
+  ;;
   --disable-xen) xen="no"
   ;;
   --enable-xen) xen="yes"
@@ -1182,6 +1188,8 @@ echo "  --disable-uuid           disable uuid support"
 echo "  --enable-uuid            enable uuid support"
 echo "  --disable-vde            disable support for vde network"
 echo "  --enable-vde             enable support for vde network"
+echo "  --disable-netmap         disable support for netmap network"
+echo "  --enable-netmap          enable support for netmap network"
 echo "  --disable-linux-aio      disable Linux AIO support"
 echo "  --enable-linux-aio       enable Linux AIO support"
 echo "  --disable-cap-ng         disable libcap-ng support"
@@ -2095,6 +2103,26 @@ EOF
 fi
 
 ##########################################
+# netmap headers probe
+if test "$netmap" != "no" ; then
+  cat > $TMPC << EOF
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <net/if.h>
+#include <net/netmap.h>
+#include <net/netmap_user.h>
+int main(void) { return 0; }
+EOF
+  if compile_prog "" "" ; then
+    netmap=yes
+  else
+    if test "$netmap" = "yes" ; then
+      feature_not_found "netmap"
+    fi
+    netmap=no
+  fi
+fi
+
+##########################################
 # libcap-ng library probe
 if test "$cap_ng" != "no" ; then
   cap_libs="-lcap-ng"
@@ -3751,6 +3779,7 @@ echo "uname -r          $uname_release"
 echo "GUEST_BASE        $guest_base"
 echo "PIE               $pie"
 echo "vde support       $vde"
+echo "netmap support    $netmap"
 echo "Linux AIO support $linux_aio"
 echo "ATTR/XATTR support $attr"
 echo "Install blobs     $blobs"
@@ -3888,6 +3917,9 @@ fi
 if test "$vde" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_VDE=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
+if test "$netmap" = "yes" ; then
+  echo "CONFIG_NETMAP=y" >> $config_host_mak
+fi
 if test "$cap_ng" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_LIBCAP=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi