From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm0-f46.google.com (mail-wm0-f46.google.com [74.125.82.46]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C9632B93 for ; Sat, 17 Dec 2016 10:06:20 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wm0-f46.google.com with SMTP id a197so54344359wmd.0 for ; Sat, 17 Dec 2016 01:06:20 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=6wind-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:user-agent:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=f3ug3WuFsvW5/fWoXQ8yTfPGkrmFwQLucFh7VLclVIY=; b=BP1Vz5yVrPpbpYWWRLUY4I0b1iqBSoklAmu8+HvjdF9hY/MyheWZLphAJpWUl+LGrJ R3zthQGfNsPQu0nEIcg6sUlzs+j/nlwWQCU8lY5Kj0lwtF+EdV5pEUj1UxveFBc7+9bU /dAO4AMHFCPNZ0+xcD3ZEynWa5/vPLBetQTihmvy8okvBd4QmiBwE3P9lPBUh8SNn1rK 1v064aloWIrHU08K/37giDroEbsaEGtHQfCAR6lWceLAUc/wFX7r6I/FyHEObfOwaPaY weOf19Xr/W0mwt3j9/TpWirFcO34cgro5pEgTKwuAgrzlucxqRWc7jQ0Woh2NLQAIZW6 SzkA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:user-agent :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=f3ug3WuFsvW5/fWoXQ8yTfPGkrmFwQLucFh7VLclVIY=; b=hUV9tG7fQX+I9auVo5Ng2QgvJZ/uzbG3Q+zW+GJAVPHa3Z/0qjNM0Du3cVHEbcnbmz +8xS7rv0p/sUXUFGvquOZaZk6CxS0cO+kY1xnm9NCIk9oyeq6Q3n8Z/Qpossi4uVuJb3 UrHjtiVQzMFyR67JTSebnE7od58AFbavbpP8iwUbepLxSHofyUgW+9D7/iBytV9qHlzv eJuJ0RE7aD+47u6tnZtiZheespGqnrCackJrxrAoR7p0wKO70/6YXoL3ofJ6nE3PYy38 79/Il/r1GX7qft08bptPT56BajU8I4FBgEjqz3hHjX2SLFj9vHUCqInpadqqG1vE0rf2 za1Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AIkVDXKGYQIZrBKsRJ5gkFOdr7IE/sNkQFSm3+/vXj1rF45VjOh+yopWxg9IYTt3bfe49iIj X-Received: by 10.28.215.6 with SMTP id o6mr6147452wmg.5.1481965580037; Sat, 17 Dec 2016 01:06:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from xps13.localnet (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net. [77.134.203.184]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 6sm10540508wjt.5.2016.12.17.01.06.19 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 17 Dec 2016 01:06:19 -0800 (PST) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Cliff Burdick Cc: users@dpdk.org Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 10:06:18 +0100 Message-ID: <1497637.myJYaFUPP6@xps13> User-Agent: KMail/4.14.10 (Linux/4.5.4-1-ARCH; KDE/4.14.11; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-users] PMD For Any Device X-BeenThere: users@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK usage discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 09:06:20 -0000 2016-12-16 18:36, Cliff Burdick: > Hi, I wanted to do something like when I'm working on a machine that has an > ixgbe device I can load that driver, but when using machine with no special > NIC, just use a generic "PMD" that would go through the Linux stack. Does > such a thing exist? If not, is there a standard way to test dpdk > applications on servers without a custom PMD? Yes you can try af_packet or pcap PMD: http://dpdk.org/doc/quick-start