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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: plumbing say test-pmd for non-Intel NICs(drivers)
Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 17:24:53 +0200
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Hello,

29/05/2013 10:27, somnath kotur :
>   Pls pardon me if this has been asked/addressed in another thread. Just
> wanted to know what i need to do if i wanted to plumb my non-Intel 10G NIC
> into the DPDK , For instance just into the test-pmd framework would also be
> fine ?
> Any pointers /tips welcome?

The main pointer is the doc about the PMD API (called ethdev).
In short, a PMD driver should implement these services (dev_ops):
	http://dpdk.org/doc/api/structeth__dev__ops.html

Don't hesitate to send your patches here to have reviews and integration.

-- 
Thomas