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Subject: Re: Reg DPDK with unsupported NIC
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 09:52:35 +0000
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> On Mar 14, 2017, at 5:29 PM, raman geetha gopalakrishnan <glowingsun@gmai=
l.com> wrote:
>=20
> Hi ,
>=20
> 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?
>=20
> In what way i can still develop DPDK APP with non supported NIC till get
> the DPDK NIC.

Take a look at the TAP PMD driver and look at the doc file in the doc direc=
tory.=20

It will not be high performance but it can work nicely using tap and some l=
ike socat.
>=20
> Thanks
> Raman