os-vif/doc/source/user/plugins/noop.rst

no-op

The no-op plugin, vif_plug_noop, is an os-vif VIF plugin for use with network backends that do not require plugging of network interfaces. It is one of three plugins provided as part of os-vif itself, the others being ovs and linux-bridge.

Supported VIF Types

The no-op plugin provides support for the following VIF types:

VIFVHostUser

Configuration where a guest exposes a UNIX socket for its control plane. This configuration is used with a userspace dataplane such as VPP or Snabb switch.

Refer to vif-vhostuser for more information.

For information on the VIF type objects, refer to /user/vif-types. Note that only the above VIF types are supported by this plugin.