[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ntnic: add PMD driver

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Fri Aug 26 18:54:09 CEST 2016


On Fri, 26 Aug 2016 13:44:01 +0000
Finn Christensen <fc at napatech.com> wrote:

> +The NTNIC poll mode driver library (**librte_pmd_ntnic**) implements support
> +for **Napatech NIC** 40/50 Gbps adapters.
> +This PMD is implemented as a pure software virtual device and must be created
> +by using the EAL --vdev=parameter (parameters are explained i detail later).
> +It runs on top of the Napatech NIC Driver Suite that must be installed and
> +started.

What is the license of this driver suite?
IMHO the upstream DPDK shouldn't be a platform for non-free driver suites.


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