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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
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Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 10:17:21 -0700
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On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 17:23:13 +0530
Anupam Kapoor <anupam.kapoor@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 5:18 PM, Gal Sagie <gal.sagie@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> > I have a feeling you are talking about P4.... =20
>=20
>=20
> =E2=80=8Bwell, not p4, but more specifically 'protocol-oblivious-forwardi=
ng' (POF).
> ebpf can describe both match+action rules on dpdk...
>=20
> --
> kind regards
> anupam
>=20
> In the beginning was the lambda, and the lambda was with Emacs, and Emacs
> was the lambda.

There is already a userspace eBPF library, why does DPDK have to (re)invent=
 everything?
 https://github.com/tuxology/libebpf