[dpdk-dev] TCP/IP stack - options

Sujith Sankar (ssujith) ssujith at cisco.com
Tue Sep 17 06:36:24 CEST 2013


Hi Vincent,

Sincere thanks to you for the email !  This is very helpful.
I think I'll go with Rump kernel stack to start with, and might think
about the other options later.

Regards,
-Sujith

On 17/09/13 2:01 AM, "Vincent JARDIN" <vincent.jardin at 6wind.com> wrote:

>Hi Sujith,
>
>NetBSD/Rump is the only open source TCP/IP stack for DPDK. Some people
>may have tried to port LwIP too. As far as we know, only 6WIND has a
>robust and fully compliant stack which provides socket APIs to the
>applications on top of the DPDK. I'd be pleased to get a list of options
>for the DPDK too:
>   - Rump/NetBSD thanks to Antti
>   - maybe LwIP TBC
>   - 6WINDGate's fast path TCP/IP stack
>and to list them on dpdk.org.
>
>My 2 cents,
>   Vincent
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm new to DPDK and this group.
>>
>> In order to try out some of my applications on DPDK, I'd like to know a
>> little bit about the options that are there for protocol processing.
>> Could someone give info about the TCP/IP stacks that could be used with
>> DPDK libraries and applications?  Quick googling gave a few names
>>(6Wind,
>> rump kernel tcp/ip stack, etc).  But some wise words from the group
>>could
>> go a long way in helping me out.
>>
>> Thanks in advance !
>> -Sujith
>
>



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