[dpdk-dev] Running DPDK with Docker

Zhou, Danny danny.zhou at intel.com
Thu Apr 2 01:08:49 CEST 2015


DPDK 2.0 support uio_pci_geneic this in_kernel module so you do not need to insmod igb_uio, and rte_kni module can hardly been
upstreamed to net_dev, but it is not a must-to-have module to load if you do not use KNI feaure.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Karmarkar Suyash
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 1:57 AM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] Running DPDK with Docker
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> Regards
> Suyash Karmarkar


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