From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bruce Richardson Subject: Re: Reg DPDK with unsupported NIC Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 04:45:03 +0000 Message-ID: <20170315044502.GA7360@bricha3-MOBL3.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <8a209536-17fc-790c-527f-5354a185c2e6@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: raman geetha gopalakrishnan , dev@dpdk.org, users To: Ferruh Yigit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8a209536-17fc-790c-527f-5354a185c2e6@intel.com> List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 12:07:42PM +0000, Ferruh Yigit wrote: > On 3/14/2017 9:28 AM, raman geetha gopalakrishnan wrote: > > Hi , > > > > Please find my query, Currently i am planning to develop DPDK APP (linux > > env). I do not have DPDK supported NIC. Till then i would still like to > > develop DPDK APP and want DPDK to use OS interface to TX/RX packets from > > NIC. How can i make it? > > > I went through KNI and my understanding is you > > cannot use it - is this correct? > > You can use it. KNI does not require a physical device at all. > > But with the KNI support in main tree, you need to use KNI specific > APIs, - which KNI sample app shows. > > With the KNI PMD in next-net tree, it is possible to use KNI as any > other device. > Just my 2c. While you can indeed use KNI here, I think I would recommend pcap or AF_PACKET as my first-choice options, with TAP also a possibility too, as Keith has already suggested. /Bruce