DPDK and wifi

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Thu, 19 May 2022 15:31:54 +0200
me thi <methi at gmx.fr> wrote:

> Hello Ray,
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> Thanks for yur answer. Then I will try to find on the net someting with AF_PACKET.
> Regards,
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> My Nga
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> Envoyé: jeudi 19 mai 2022 à 15:07
> De: "Kinsella, Ray" <ray.kinsella at intel.com>
> À: "Yigit, Ferruh" <Ferruh.Yigit at amd.com>, "me thi" <methi at gmx.fr>, "users at dpdk.org" <users at dpdk.org>
> Cc: "Hemant Agrawal" <hemant.agrawal at nxp.com>
> Objet: RE: DPDK and wifi
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> I have heard of such a thing done through AF_PACKET (and friends), but not directly with a DPDK PMD.
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> Ray K
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> From: Yigit, Ferruh <Ferruh.Yigit at amd.com>
> Sent: Thursday 19 May 2022 13:50
> To: me thi <methi at gmx.fr>; users at dpdk.org
> Cc: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal at nxp.com>
> Subject: RE: DPDK and wifi
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> Hi me thi,
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> There is no upstreamed WiFi driver in the DPDK yet, but it can be supported if someone develops a driver for it.
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> I vaguely remember Hemant mentioned from something in the past, cc’ed him.
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> What is your use case that requires WiFi support?
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> From: me thi <methi at gmx.fr>
> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2022 11:26 AM
> To: users at dpdk.org
> Subject: DPDK and wifi
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> Hello,
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> I have tried to see if it is possible to have an application based on DPDK which sends packets by wifi ?
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> Does DPDK support wifi ?
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> In 2019, it did'nt seem to support wifi :https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/users/2019-November/004569.html
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> Regards
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What about AF_XDP, that should be fast and work with most drivers.