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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:10:02 -0700
From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
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Subject: Re: [dpdk-users] Xen/netfront
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On Tue, 31 Jul 2018 17:59:08 +0000
"Jim Holland (jimholla)" <jimholla@cisco.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Is there a recommended solution for DPDK support for netfront in Xen?
> 
> Jim

I do know Brocade/Vyatta did a driver, but it was never merged.
Xen has a number of memory restrictions that make it hard.
The DPDK support for Xen DOM-0 was dropped in recent releases because
no one was maintaining (or using) it.