Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 20:17:40 -0600 From: Luke McHale <lam89@tamu.edu> To: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> Cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netmap support for Linux Containers (veth) Message-ID: <21E9D568-F421-4BFD-90B7-656A36475091@tamu.edu> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BhQ2%2BgSrs-_t-wBSDjon4_h75whMhoRJ31eAdzPkvcmtoOxZA@mail.gmail.com> References: <1FDC0E90-F9A3-457D-B5CC-640FF66BB48F@tamu.edu> <CA%2BhQ2%2BgSrs-_t-wBSDjon4_h75whMhoRJ31eAdzPkvcmtoOxZA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello Dr. Luigi Rizzo, Thank you for your quick reply! I’m glad to see veth is already in the works. While I am new to netmap, we are aiming to utilize it in several of our projects. I currently have two tasks, including: - patch veth - patch eTSEC (gianfar) controller Since these tasks are gating our current work, we would really appreciate any insight/pointers you may have and if possible, access to a repository with preliminary veth modifications. Any assistance you can provide in jump-starting our efforts would be greatly appreciated! Thank you, Luke > On Jan 28, 2015, at 7:21 PM, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 5:11 PM, Luke McHale <lam89@tamu.edu> wrote: >> Hello Dr. Luigi Rizzo and netmap contributors, >> >> I am looking to integrate netmap capabilities into linux’s veth (Virtual >> Ethernet device) for netmap support within linux containers. Does a patch >> currently exist? If not, do you have any intuition as to what it would take >> to add netmap capability? I am new to the netmap framework and I would >> appreciate any help you can provide toward patching veth for netmap. >> > > we do have an initial version of netmap support for veth (Linux; in > FreeBSD would be epair), > > > Hopefully we will be able to complete and distribute the veth code shortly. > > If you are not familiar with netmap internals it may be easier to wait > for our code than start developing your own. > > As a temporary workaround you can surely use VALE switches or > netmap pipes to connect different containers. > > cheers > luigi
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