From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp.tuxdriver.com (tuxdriver-1-pt.tunnel.tserv13.ash1.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:7:9c9::2]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1706E333 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2014 22:23:51 +0100 (CET) Received: from hmsreliant.think-freely.org ([2001:470:8:a08:7aac:c0ff:fec2:933b] helo=localhost) by smtp.tuxdriver.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1WLfn2-0005Zr-Fi; Thu, 06 Mar 2014 16:25:19 -0500 Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 16:25:15 -0500 From: Neil Horman To: dev@dpdk.org Message-ID: <20140306212515.GA9390@hmsreliant.think-freely.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Spam-Score: -2.9 (--) X-Spam-Status: No Cc: linville@redhat.com Subject: [dpdk-dev] hardware neutral driver for DPDK X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 21:23:51 -0000 Hey there- I'm interested in doing some work on the DPDK, specifically in creating a driver backend that interfaces to the kernel using AF_PACKET rather than a specific card for which a UIO or VFIO driver is available in kernel. I think it would be nice for the DPDK to have a hardware agnostic driver for development purposes. Before I begin I wanted to make sure that something like this hasn't already been done. I don't see any clear reference to one in the git repo, but I figured I'd ask just to be sure there wasn't some external project in the works already. Thanks & Regards Neil