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From: Andriy Berestovskyy <aber@semihalf.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 13:46:52 +0200
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Subject: Re: [dpdk-users] Configuring MAC Address of KNI - Don't want random
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Hi Jason,
Sorry, I might have overstated it, but the vibes are quite clear.
Using the KNI in a real project, you will face a variety of issues
like:
  - not so easy to provisioning
  - random MACs
  - packet reordering
  - high latency
  - kernel crashes
  - etc

There are attempts to evolve/replace the KNI, for example:
http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-February/033685.html

But the KNI could also be replaced by a tap or a virtual function...

Andriy

On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 6:50 PM, Jason Kwon <m43kwon@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Andriy,
>
>> The DPDK community decided to get rid of the KNI
>
>
> Can you clarify this statement?  This is something I wasn't aware of.  Is
> KNI being replaced by something else?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jason
>



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Andriy Berestovskyy