From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by dpdk.space (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0650CA00E6 for ; Tue, 14 May 2019 14:43:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D593FD169; Tue, 14 May 2019 14:43:03 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mga12.intel.com (mga12.intel.com [192.55.52.136]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38A037D52 for ; Tue, 14 May 2019 14:43:01 +0200 (CEST) X-Amp-Result: UNKNOWN X-Amp-Original-Verdict: FILE UNKNOWN X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga001.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.23]) by fmsmga106.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 14 May 2019 05:43:01 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 Received: from bricha3-mobl.ger.corp.intel.com ([10.237.221.96]) by fmsmga001.fm.intel.com with SMTP; 14 May 2019 05:42:59 -0700 Received: by (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 14 May 2019 13:42:58 +0100 Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 13:42:58 +0100 From: Bruce Richardson To: Ray Kinsella Cc: Amin Saba , dev@dpdk.org Message-ID: <20190514124258.GB600@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <08078755-7a95-a84c-9a8c-19def132d436@ashroe.eu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <08078755-7a95-a84c-9a8c-19def132d436@ashroe.eu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.11.4 (2019-03-13) Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] KNI for FreeBSD. 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: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Message-ID: <20190514124258.mn-QfafmdytIL3WIzya2LO8idm5BsVcPl8yC1e7r8sQ@z> On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 01:37:36PM +0100, Ray Kinsella wrote: > Doesn't netmap achieve similar functionality ? > > examples/netmap_compat/ > > Ray K > No, I don't think so. AFAIK, netmap is for pulling packets from the NIC into userspace. This is going from userspace to the kernel - the tap PMD might be the best equivalent, though performance may be a challenge. /Bruce