netmap

[Carlos Ferreira]

Great! :)
I will give you the results as soon as I can get them :)



On 17 June 2014 12:55, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo at iet.unipi.it> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Carlos Ferreira <carlosmf.pt at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Ok, thanks for the enlightenment regarding the loss of performance.
>>
>> One question, just to be sure. Does the kernel module contains the VALA
>> switch code? Or do I need to compile extra code to have the switch working?
>> Also, where can I find the documentation to use the Vala Switch?
>>
>
> ​VALE is part of the netmap kernel module, the only thing you need
> to know to use it is port names:
> you can have multiple switch instances with multiple ports each,
>
> valeX:Y means port Y on switch X, X and Y are arbitrary strings
> with the constraint that the whole name must fit 15 characters.
>
> Details in the netmap manpage
>
> cheers
> luigi
>
>


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