[dpdk-dev] Running DPDK with Docker

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Wed, 1 Apr 2015 17:56:56 +0000
Karmarkar Suyash <skarmarkar at sonusnet.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Given the popularity of Docker it would be nice if we can run DPDK inside a Docker container but the challenge is the igb_uio.ko and rte_kni.ko kernel modules which need to be compiled with the exact kernel source running on the host.  Are there ways to seamlessly run DPDK with Docker? I came across an articles about running DPDK with Linux container but still the requirement is to insert igb_uio. Any plans to make the igb_uio and rte_kni modules as default modules of Linux source code or any other better approaches/suggestions ? Thanks.
> 
> http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2014-October/006373.html
> http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.networking.dpdk.devel/6479

igb_uio and rte_kni are unlikely to be accepted upstream since they have
intrinsic security problems.

Can you use VFIO?