netmap, VALE and netmap pipes

[wishmaster]

 --- Original message ---
 From: "Luigi Rizzo" <rizzo at iet.unipi.it>
 Date: 17 February 2014, 22:50:02
  


> On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 03:40:31PM -0500, Mike Tancsa wrote:
> > On 2/17/2014 1:58 PM, Luigi Rizzo wrote:
> > > On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 08:36:06PM +0200, wishmaster wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Thanks, prof. Luigi.
> > >>
> > >> As for me, netmap-ipfw is especially interesting. Would you like add some examples for userspace bundle of ipfw and dummynet. Because not all clear in README-file.
> > >>
> > >> E.g. I have classic router with 2 interfaces igb
> > >
> > > replace the "vale" ports with "netmap:igb0" and "netmap"igb1"
> > > and off you go.
> > 
> > Apart from the man pages, is there a repository of documentation and 
> > examples somewhere ?
> 
> not really. but apart from the plumbing into the interfaces,
> this is just the FreeBSD/head ipfw code with obvious features
> disabled (e.g. there is no access to local sockets or address
> lists or routing tables so things like 'me', 'uid xx', 'verrpath'
> do not work).

  Thus it is unable to use kipfw/dummynet in situation with multiple external interfaces due to
 no access to routing tables?