From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-oa0-x22b.google.com (mail-oa0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c02::22b]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A5E46948 for ; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 09:40:48 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-oa0-f43.google.com with SMTP id h16so14219107oag.16 for ; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 00:42:11 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:cc :content-type; bh=CL4e69Se/sWUxHv1PoEZ8VyIBAAarLWx+AigFWqD3NE=; b=kMswTME00X1NhFv45MlF8EztFyAnCbwluwPlKEY0xIY6irzNAYr4pZH2WCIQPYtjU1 7zgRCGWBVH2MmPMV8rsjjSV+2zSCiEVpblNxNTamftLjZ7T2pBSzlxWB+565Nq8MSKzw 37I7KzHcKxLWxKJG/G6XFIRt5imLtMtV6VyAQJbA4vyn9U2pW8WhWSClpJbhgearyvuO so+EyZWDyTHkZ/02ByzeNnz4QRyBdasQ6ad5gBu5cBcZ4/weVr8AECd2AM9vSQso8heV WOVMJP0ED+k3h/X6Cy7HjtpcXkXo7CpVQzfv7TJfEUU0adkN79pxYyWk5fQq+BOmEh7Q QDfQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.98.40 with SMTP id ef8mr5459098oeb.13.1392367331758; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 00:42:11 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.60.34.103 with HTTP; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 00:42:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 14:12:11 +0530 Message-ID: From: Vivek Soni Cc: dev@dpdk.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.15 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Is it possible to have dpdk running with no dependency on a nic ? 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: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 08:40:49 -0000 Yes, It is very well possible to run DPDK without dependency on the NIC. But it all depends what you want to do. The two DPDK applications can communicate using the ring library provided by DPDK. In case there is no NIC, DPDK provides pure software based PMDs which can be used on systems without a NIC or with unsupported NIC using standard kernel drivers. Hope it helps. Regards, Vivek On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 1:49 AM, Ymo Lists wrote: > Is this a faq ??? > > > On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Ymo Lists wrote: > > > 1) I have two apps that need to communicate on the same machine . Is it > > possible to have these two apps communicating via dpdk without > referencing > > a nic ? > > > > 2) The apps need to run on an amazon vm. How can you run dpdk on an > amazon > > vm with only one nic if the above is not possible ? > > >