does igb driver supported by netmap ? if yes, how multiqueue support works?
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Luigi Rizzo <ri...@iet.unipi.it> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 02:42:43PM +0200, Olivier Cochard-Labb? wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Luigi Rizzo <ri...@iet.unipi.it> wrote: >> > I just finished a netmap-enabled version of ipfw/dummynet, which >> > runs in userspace and is able to process over 6 million packets per >> > second (Mpps) with simple rulesets, and over 2.2 Mpps through >> > dummynet pipes (tested on an i7-3400 connected to VALE ports; >> > VALE is a software switch part of netmap). >> >> Hi, >> >> Reading the README file: "Real packet I/O is possible using netmap", >> Can we use it for high-speed firewalling among real NICs now? >> >> Can you confirm that we just need: >> 1. An up-to-date FreeBSD -current (build from source synced the >> 2012-08-03 mininum) with netmap module loaded; >> 2. netmap compliant NICs (ixgbe, e1000 or re); >> 3. compile, configure and start ipfw-user. >> >> Can ipfw-user be directly connected to two netmap-enabled NICs in >> place of vale switches->netmap bridge->NIC ? > > yes to all three (though i have not tried yet as i do not have > access to 10G hardware now, vale ports behave exactly the same > as a real card). > Whoever feels like trying, performance numbers are welcome. > I'll prepare a picobsd image with all the tools shortly. > > cheers > luigi > >> >> Olivier > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
