Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 18:16:47 +0200 From: Lutz Donnerhacke <lutz@donnerhacke.de> To: Neel Chauhan <nc@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Freebsd Net <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: How does FreeBSD expect to compete in a DPDK/VPP world? Message-ID: <20220721161647.GA7879@belenus.iks-jena.de> In-Reply-To: <e936d60dab9699e33ff467c55d42c2d5@FreeBSD.org> References: <e936d60dab9699e33ff467c55d42c2d5@FreeBSD.org>
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On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 12:14:36PM -0700, Neel Chauhan wrote: > FreeBSD doesn't have an effective software-based router, lacks MPLS, mpd5 > lacks native IPv6 without many shell script hacks, etc. mpd5 does provide IPv6 out of the box. May you contact me in private to discuss this a bit more in detail? > Not that I work at an ISP or tech company in a networking role, I don't. > Heck, adding even MPLS support has been on my bucket list for a while, but > am too lazy to get started. I do want to move to a networking-based role at > $DAYJOB, but we'll see about that. MPLS is outdated (performance-wise) and (functionally) replaced by vxLan, or do I miss something?
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