devices: add support for l3 af_packet interface
Type: improvement
Signed-off-by: Mohsin Kazmi <sykazmi@cisco.com>
Change-Id: Ia6b9d4ac55be2216887bfdb99be4021f6a96f166
diff --git a/src/vnet/devices/af_packet/device.c b/src/vnet/devices/af_packet/device.c
index 0542b16..8e4bc2b 100644
--- a/src/vnet/devices/af_packet/device.c
+++ b/src/vnet/devices/af_packet/device.c
@@ -339,6 +339,14 @@
int rv, fd = socket (AF_UNIX, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
struct ifreq ifr;
+ if (apif->mode == AF_PACKET_IF_MODE_IP)
+ {
+ vlib_log_warn (apm->log_class, "af_packet_%s interface is in IP mode",
+ apif->host_if_name);
+ return clib_error_return (0,
+ " MAC update failed, interface is in IP mode");
+ }
+
if (0 > fd)
{
vlib_log_warn (apm->log_class, "af_packet_%s could not open socket",