[dpdk-dev] [RFC] librte_pmd_packet: add PMD for AF_PACKET-based virtual devices

[Chris Wright]

* John W. Linville (linville at tuxdriver.com) wrote:
> This is a Linux-specific virtual PMD driver backed by an AF_PACKET
> socket.  The current implementation uses mmap'ed ring buffers to
> limit copying and user/kernel transitions.  The intent is also to take
> advantage of fanout and any future AF_PACKET optimizations as well.
> 
> This is intended to provide a means for using DPDK on a broad range
> of hardware without hardware-specifi PMDs and hopefully with better
> performance than what PCAP offers in Linux.  This might be useful
> as a development platform for DPDK applications when DPDK-supported
> hardware is expensive or unavailable.

Nice, have you compared yet w/ PCAP numbers?