[dpdk-dev] Where is the Kernel NIC interface example in the source code?

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Wed, 26 Jun 2013 16:54:06 -0700
Peter Chen <peter.feifan.chen at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is in the sample application guide. I want to use tcpdump on the dpdk
> port, however its not in the examples folder of the source code...was it
> accidentally left out?

When you use DPDK, the application gets raw control over the hardware.
The kernel device (used by tcpdump) is gone. Since it is a pure application
with responsibility for everything, you could write a capture application
that writes a pcap format file. Part of the downside of something like DPDK
is that sharing device with system is hard.