From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-vc0-f176.google.com (mail-vc0-f176.google.com [209.85.220.176]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BFC23F9 for ; Mon, 6 Jan 2014 14:30:25 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-vc0-f176.google.com with SMTP id ks9so629598vcb.35 for ; Mon, 06 Jan 2014 05:31:37 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=TDg9c+O6vM0IDo2+KJjGQRLgn8+UD1y+UqD0WbW804w=; b=jIzkyBVSmHu+RlTz0H4bJ4jSAdpUcR7Lhq7Sa/1+4GKxpP1bJXZp6KJTRqBWCWs1jy IAPOv3XAzd9P7BOyiFqGkLK8XSjaBSm1/EiN65OstCiEEEJ6XIJXzwIB+gYUwDgVodTJ 1Vln23G9maKz/dEeGjUl3Z7DtCMh9+qbNMrQOUZX9OJA206kv+16L3Bos6yQuWgHwCuq hxLzPKMbAAmIpCu82yqyDbDtc4vFu9As2BFrITHcIYhI4aqicRueKvQnnaAX2Ka+WlBM lNGnWXq9jRmMdid2PAotBHK/XoZEzTqzma0NzIhReD3DjARoMG55Y+vbkXAzu5lzaEKr zdkQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQke3Dyjz35H3yozsZ5ZDXr2McGQwVdjnifeeTVoYmP6YzldqARmkSxldGo5GZacuxoljUEj MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.220.189.2 with SMTP id dc2mr975805vcb.60.1389015096962; Mon, 06 Jan 2014 05:31:36 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.58.41.99 with HTTP; Mon, 6 Jan 2014 05:31:36 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [109.64.120.65] In-Reply-To: <70ED7DF10DA6754880C553B2CD6E25230AB45B@FR712WXCHMBA13.zeu.alcatel-lucent.com> References: <70ED7DF10DA6754880C553B2CD6E25230AB45B@FR712WXCHMBA13.zeu.alcatel-lucent.com> Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 15:31:36 +0200 Message-ID: From: Daniel Kaminsky To: "TSADOK, Shlomi (Shlomi)" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.15 Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Specific NIC 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: Mon, 06 Jan 2014 13:30:25 -0000 Hi Shlomi, Currently DPDK supports most of Intel 1Gb and 10Gb NICs. The exact list can be found at lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_pci_dev_ids.h The reason is the the DPDK includes a poll mode driver and for a different NIC you might need a different poll mode driver. Regards, Daniel Kaminsky On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 2:05 PM, TSADOK, Shlomi (Shlomi) < shlomi.tsadok@alcatel-lucent.com> wrote: > Hello > > A quick general question: > > Is there a requirement for using a specific NIC/Chipset for DPDK or any > NIC will do? > > If there's such a requirement, why is that? Are the're any hardware > optimizations etc. in DPDK enabled NICs? > > Thanks > > Shlomi > > > >