Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:54:41 +0300 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=D6zkan_KIRIK?= <ozkan.kirik@gmail.com> To: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> Cc: Olivier Cochard-Labb? <olivier@cochard.me>, net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ipfw meets netmap (6.5 Mpps in userspace) Message-ID: <CAAcX-AE4YpY4RNzLe8-%2B7Y_xKk7LF80iLaDXuM%2Bkpu_iGz3P3Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20120813130817.GB80897@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> References: <20120813111722.GA79347@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> <CA%2Bq%2BTcqCG9sGH5aZwQvpc77Yi1XBTMXJr7QdADySX7iBOQH9YA@mail.gmail.com> <20120813130817.GB80897@onelab2.iet.unipi.it>
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does igb driver supported by netmap ? if yes, how multiqueue support works? On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 02:42:43PM +0200, Olivier Cochard-Labb? wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> wrote: >> > I just finished a netmap-enabled version of ipfw/dummynet, which >> > runs in userspace and is able to process over 6 million packets per >> > second (Mpps) with simple rulesets, and over 2.2 Mpps through >> > dummynet pipes (tested on an i7-3400 connected to VALE ports; >> > VALE is a software switch part of netmap). >> >> Hi, >> >> Reading the README file: "Real packet I/O is possible using netmap", >> Can we use it for high-speed firewalling among real NICs now? >> >> Can you confirm that we just need: >> 1. An up-to-date FreeBSD -current (build from source synced the >> 2012-08-03 mininum) with netmap module loaded; >> 2. netmap compliant NICs (ixgbe, e1000 or re); >> 3. compile, configure and start ipfw-user. >> >> Can ipfw-user be directly connected to two netmap-enabled NICs in >> place of vale switches->netmap bridge->NIC ? > > yes to all three (though i have not tried yet as i do not have > access to 10G hardware now, vale ports behave exactly the same > as a real card). > Whoever feels like trying, performance numbers are welcome. > I'll prepare a picobsd image with all the tools shortly. > > cheers > luigi > >> >> Olivier > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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