[dpdk-dev] KNI for FreeBSD.

[dpdk-dev] KNI for FreeBSD.

[Amin Saba]

Hi all,

Are there any specific issues in FreeBSD that have prevented implementation
of KNI?

Is implementation of KNI for FreeBSD in your roadmap?

Thanks in adv,
Amin

Re: [dpdk-dev] KNI for FreeBSD.

[Burakov, Anatoly]

On 14-May-19 11:27 AM, Amin Saba wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Are there any specific issues in FreeBSD that have prevented implementation
> of KNI?
> 
> Is implementation of KNI for FreeBSD in your roadmap?
> 
> Thanks in adv,
> Amin
> 

Hi,

I am not aware of KNI for FreeBSD being on a roadmap. I also don't think 
anyone looked at it in any serious way as to figure out if there are 
specific issues that prevent KNI from working on FreeBSD.

-- 
Thanks,
Anatoly

Re: [dpdk-dev] KNI for FreeBSD.

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 5/14/2019 11:27 AM, Amin Saba wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Are there any specific issues in FreeBSD that have prevented implementation
> of KNI?
> 
> Is implementation of KNI for FreeBSD in your roadmap?

It is not in the roadmap as far as I know.

cc'ed Paras, if I remember correctly he also mentioned from this support in the
past, perhaps there can be some collaboration.

The issue I can think of as a blocker is a new kernel module code in the DPDK
repo, previously guidance was to upstream kernel related code into kernel source.
cc'ed Thomas & Stephen.

Re: [dpdk-dev] KNI for FreeBSD.

[Ray Kinsella]

Doesn't netmap achieve similar functionality ?

examples/netmap_compat/

Ray K

On 14/05/2019 11:27, Amin Saba wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Are there any specific issues in FreeBSD that have prevented implementation
> of KNI?
> 
> Is implementation of KNI for FreeBSD in your roadmap?
> 
> Thanks in adv,
> Amin
> 

Re: [dpdk-dev] KNI for FreeBSD.

[Bruce Richardson]

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