From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: "Andrzej Ostruszka [C]" <aostruszka@marvell.com>
Cc: Jerin Jacob <jerinjacobk@gmail.com>, dpdk-dev <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/4] Introduce IF proxy library
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 10:19:50 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200416101950.39a0682b@hermes.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b4d3c00f-9c5e-e3b9-8d6d-63e89c05f617@marvell.com>
On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 17:12:07 +0000
"Andrzej Ostruszka [C]" <aostruszka@marvell.com> wrote:
> On 4/16/20 6:49 PM, Jerin Jacob wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 9:41 PM Stephen Hemminger
> > <stephen@networkplumber.org> wrote:
> [...]
> >> Has anyone investigated solving this in the kernel rather than
> >> creating the added overhead of more Linux devices?
> >>
> >> What I am thinking of is a netlink to userspace interface.
> >> The kernel already has File-System-in-Userspace (FUSE) to allow
> >> for filesystems. What about having a NUSE (Netlink in userspace)?
> >
> > IMO, there is no issue with the Linux Netlink _userspace_ interface.
> > The goal of IF proxy to abstract the OS differences so that it can
> > work with Linux, FreeBSD, and Windows(if needed).
>
> My understanding of Stephen's question is a bit different - Stephen
> please correct me if I'm wrong. By the comparison with FUSE he was
> thinking about providing a "kernel proxy" to userspace-based
> port/interface, which could be used not only by DPDK but by other too.
>
> The answer from me is: no I have not. For two reasons:
> - that would be Linux only
> - if we would create such proxy, we would probably end up with tap like
> driver in the end
>
> With regards
> Andrzej Ostruszka
The point is think of the problem beyond just DPDK.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-04-16 17:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-03-06 16:41 Andrzej Ostruszka
2020-03-06 16:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/4] lib: introduce IF Proxy library Andrzej Ostruszka
2020-03-31 12:36 ` Harman Kalra
2020-03-31 15:37 ` Andrzej Ostruszka [C]
2020-04-01 5:29 ` Varghese, Vipin
2020-04-01 20:08 ` Andrzej Ostruszka [C]
2020-04-08 3:04 ` Varghese, Vipin
2020-04-08 18:13 ` Andrzej Ostruszka [C]
2020-03-06 16:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/4] if_proxy: add library documentation Andrzej Ostruszka
2020-03-06 16:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/4] if_proxy: add simple functionality test Andrzej Ostruszka
2020-03-06 16:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/4] if_proxy: add example application Andrzej Ostruszka
2020-03-06 17:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/4] Introduce IF proxy library Andrzej Ostruszka
2020-03-10 11:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 " Andrzej Ostruszka
2020-03-10 11:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/4] lib: introduce IF Proxy library Andrzej Ostruszka
2020-07-02 0:34 ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-07 20:13 ` Andrzej Ostruszka [C]
2020-07-08 16:07 ` Morten Brørup
2020-07-09 8:43 ` Andrzej Ostruszka [C]
2020-07-22 0:40 ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-07-22 8:45 ` Jerin Jacob
2020-07-22 8:56 ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-07-22 9:09 ` Jerin Jacob
2020-07-22 9:27 ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-07-22 9:54 ` Jerin Jacob
2020-07-23 14:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [EXT] " Andrzej Ostruszka [C]
2020-03-10 11:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/4] if_proxy: add library documentation Andrzej Ostruszka
2020-03-10 11:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/4] if_proxy: add simple functionality test Andrzej Ostruszka
2020-03-10 11:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/4] if_proxy: add example application Andrzej Ostruszka
2020-03-25 8:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/4] Introduce IF proxy library David Marchand
2020-03-25 11:11 ` Morten Brørup
2020-03-26 17:42 ` Andrzej Ostruszka
2020-04-02 13:48 ` Andrzej Ostruszka [C]
2020-04-03 17:19 ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-04-03 19:09 ` Jerin Jacob
2020-04-03 21:18 ` Morten Brørup
2020-04-03 21:57 ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-04-04 10:18 ` Jerin Jacob
2020-04-10 10:41 ` Morten Brørup
2020-04-04 18:30 ` Andrzej Ostruszka [C]
2020-04-04 19:58 ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-04-10 10:03 ` Morten Brørup
2020-04-10 12:28 ` Jerin Jacob
2020-03-26 12:41 ` Andrzej Ostruszka
2020-03-30 19:23 ` Andrzej Ostruszka
2020-04-03 21:42 ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-04-04 18:07 ` Andrzej Ostruszka [C]
2020-04-04 19:51 ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-04-16 16:11 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH " Stephen Hemminger
2020-04-16 16:49 ` Jerin Jacob
2020-04-16 17:04 ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-04-16 17:26 ` Andrzej Ostruszka [C]
2020-04-16 17:27 ` Jerin Jacob
2020-04-16 17:12 ` Andrzej Ostruszka [C]
2020-04-16 17:19 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2020-05-04 8:53 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 " Andrzej Ostruszka
2020-05-04 8:53 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/4] lib: introduce IF Proxy library Andrzej Ostruszka
2020-05-04 8:53 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/4] if_proxy: add library documentation Andrzej Ostruszka
2020-05-04 8:53 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/4] if_proxy: add simple functionality test Andrzej Ostruszka
2020-05-04 8:53 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/4] if_proxy: add example application Andrzej Ostruszka
2020-06-22 9:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/4] Introduce IF proxy library Andrzej Ostruszka
2020-06-22 9:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/4] lib: introduce IF Proxy library Andrzej Ostruszka
2020-06-22 9:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/4] if_proxy: add library documentation Andrzej Ostruszka
2020-06-22 9:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/4] if_proxy: add simple functionality test Andrzej Ostruszka
2020-06-22 9:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 4/4] if_proxy: add example application Andrzej Ostruszka
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20200416101950.39a0682b@hermes.lan \
--to=stephen@networkplumber.org \
--cc=aostruszka@marvell.com \
--cc=dev@dpdk.org \
--cc=jerinjacobk@gmail.com \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).