From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga01.intel.com (mga01.intel.com [192.55.52.88]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC1EE695D; Tue, 14 Mar 2017 13:07:44 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=intel; t=1489493265; x=1521029265; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:mime-version: in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=r4Shhxr7NvMqG/6bmvjKN39rbc/PPhNPX3M9cEtAmK4=; b=BFKtJRGCF7iXUp8ctpFLGFyf4qvRFVDyfQ6pW6QDneKvuTV3nQy1UH1U QQil0AsgpzEs8TMLIGBvxRRa5D19Qg==; Received: from fmsmga006.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.20]) by fmsmga101.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 14 Mar 2017 05:07:43 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.36,163,1486454400"; d="scan'208";a="76449747" Received: from fyigit-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com (HELO [10.237.220.122]) ([10.237.220.122]) by fmsmga006.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 14 Mar 2017 05:07:42 -0700 To: raman geetha gopalakrishnan , dev@dpdk.org, users References: From: Ferruh Yigit Message-ID: <8a209536-17fc-790c-527f-5354a185c2e6@intel.com> Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 12:07:42 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Reg DPDK with unsupported NIC X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 12:07:45 -0000 On 3/14/2017 9:28 AM, raman geetha gopalakrishnan wrote: > Hi , > > Please find my query, Currently i am planning to develop DPDK APP (linux > env). I do not have DPDK supported NIC. Till then i would still like to > develop DPDK APP and want DPDK to use OS interface to TX/RX packets from > NIC. How can i make it? > I went through KNI and my understanding is you > cannot use it - is this correct? You can use it. KNI does not require a physical device at all. But with the KNI support in main tree, you need to use KNI specific APIs, - which KNI sample app shows. With the KNI PMD in next-net tree, it is possible to use KNI as any other device. > > In what way i can still develop DPDK APP with non supported NIC till get > the DPDK NIC. > > Thanks > Raman >