[dpdk-dev] Fast Path Query

[Gal Sagie]

Your application (which you build on top of DPDK) needs to filter which
traffic is control traffic and inject
it into the network stack.
You can leverage DPDK KNI for that (
http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.html)
Keep in mind you also need to take care of the TX side.


On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 8:16 AM, Deepak Sehrawat <d.sehrawat at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I have a use-case where my slow path application (control path) is to run
> on Linux where as my data path is to run as DPDK application. Because both
> control and data packets are going to be received via same NIC card, how
> will these two flows be separated and passed on to Linux control app and
> DPDK data path app respectively? In short I want to understand how NIC
> received packets are separated between Linux Eth driver and PMD (poll mode
> driver) of DPDK?
>
> Thanks for the help in advance.
>
> Thanks,
> Deepak
>



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