

The processes owning the file descriptor mode, its data path is disconnected from the host stack. to bind the file descriptor to a network device.
#Netmap emulation mode manual#
+In the rest of this (long) manual page we document For a list of supported devices, see the end of this manual page. Requires explicit support in device drivers.
#Netmap emulation mode drivers#
+API over standard drivers for devices without native +are implemented by a single kernel module, which also emulates the +synchronization and blocking I/O through a file descriptor +virtual machines, NICs and the host stack. +providing high speed packet I/O between processes, +mode and send and receive raw packets through can exploit the parallelism in multiqueue devices and +Userspace clients can dynamically switch NICs into +with much less than one core on a 10 Gbit NIC, +reaching 14.88 million packets per second (Mpps) +(sockets, bpf, tun/tap interfaces, native switches, pipes), +are at least one order of magnitude faster than +All these are accessed interchangeably with the same API. +a shared memory packet transport channel.
#Netmap emulation mode software#
+a very fast and modular in-kernel software switch/dataplane, +is a framework for extremely fast and efficient packet I/O which is in charge of validating information through (buffer indexes and lengths) to communicate with the kernel, (reaching 14.88 Mpps at less than 1 GHz). is a framework for fast and safe access to network devices +.Nd a shared memory packet transport channel +.Nd a fast VirtuAl Local Ethernet using the netmap API \" This document is derived in part from the enet man page (enet.4) \" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF \" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or -21,230 +21,636 LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" Copyright (c) 2011-2014 Matteo Landi, Luigi Rizzo, Universita` di Pisa +++ stable/10/share/man/man4/netmap.4 Tue Feb 18 05:01:04 -1,4 +1,4 Copyright (c) 2011 Matteo Landi, Luigi Rizzo, Universita` di Pisa

Modified: stable/10/share/man/man4/netmap.4 Stable/10/tools/tools/netmap/click-test.cfg (enhanced VALE switch, netmap pipes, emulated netmap mode). MFH: sync the netmap code with the one in HEAD
