From nobody Thu Jul 21 16:16:47 2022 X-Original-To: freebsd-net@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4Lpd4l3KJ5z4X03Q for ; Thu, 21 Jul 2022 16:17:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lutz@iks-jena.de) Received: from annwfn.iks-jena.de (annwfn.iks-jena.de [IPv6:2001:4bd8::19]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Lpd4k3QSSz4LWc; Thu, 21 Jul 2022 16:17:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lutz@iks-jena.de) X-SMTP-Sender: IPv6:2001:4bd8:0:666:248:54ff:fe12:ee3f Received: from belenus.iks-jena.de (belenus.iks-jena.de [IPv6:2001:4bd8:0:666:248:54ff:fe12:ee3f]) by annwfn.iks-jena.de (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id 26LGGlKt005091 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 21 Jul 2022 18:16:48 +0200 X-MSA-Host: belenus.iks-jena.de Received: (from lutz@localhost) by belenus.iks-jena.de (8.14.3/8.14.1/Submit) id 26LGGlOQ007930; Thu, 21 Jul 2022 18:16:47 +0200 Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 18:16:47 +0200 From: Lutz Donnerhacke To: Neel Chauhan Cc: Freebsd Net Subject: Re: How does FreeBSD expect to compete in a DPDK/VPP world? Message-ID: <20220721161647.GA7879@belenus.iks-jena.de> References: List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-message-flag: Please send plain text messages only. Thank you. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4Lpd4k3QSSz4LWc X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of lutz@iks-jena.de designates 2001:4bd8::19 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=lutz@iks-jena.de X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.09 / 15.00]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.99)[-0.994]; FORGED_SENDER(0.30)[lutz@donnerhacke.de,lutz@iks-jena.de]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2001:4bd8::/48]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[2001:4bd8:0:666:248:54ff:fe12:ee3f:received]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15725, ipnet:2001:4bd8::/29, country:DE]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[donnerhacke.de]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; FROM_NEQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[lutz@donnerhacke.de,lutz@iks-jena.de] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 12:14:36PM -0700, Neel Chauhan wrote: > FreeBSD doesn't have an effective software-based router, lacks MPLS, mpd5 > lacks native IPv6 without many shell script hacks, etc. mpd5 does provide IPv6 out of the box. May you contact me in private to discuss this a bit more in detail? > Not that I work at an ISP or tech company in a networking role, I don't. > Heck, adding even MPLS support has been on my bucket list for a while, but > am too lazy to get started. I do want to move to a networking-based role at > $DAYJOB, but we'll see about that. MPLS is outdated (performance-wise) and (functionally) replaced by vxLan, or do I miss something?