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From: Antti Kantee <pooka-X3B1VOXEql0@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: announcing rump kernel TCP/IP stack for DPDK
Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 20:53:23 +0200
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On 23.05.2013 20:39, Daniel Cegie=C5=82ka wrote:
> 2013/5/23 Robert Bays <robert-ZtmgI6mnKB3QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>:
>
>> Of course.  And many more times than that.  This is one more option fo=
r us and it is BSD licensed.
>>
>> Ultimately, we will probably need a TCP stack in there.
>
> indeed, but what do you mean by the TCP stack? I hope not the BSD socke=
ts :)
> rx/tx bufs+simple API is all you need.

Luckily, ripping out sockets and replacing them with a "high-speed=20
aware" API is easier than starting from a simple API and implementing=20
IPv{4,6}, TCP, IPsec, ...