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Date:      Tue, 17 Jun 2014 15:03:30 +0100
From:      Carlos Ferreira <carlosmf.pt@gmail.com>
To:        Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it>
Cc:        "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: netmap
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Great! :)
I will give you the results as soon as I can get them :)



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

> On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Carlos Ferreira <carlosmf.pt@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 worki=
ng?
>> Also, where can I find the documentation to use the Vala Switch?
>>
>
> =E2=80=8BVALE is part of the netmap kernel module, the only thing you nee=
d
> 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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Carlos Miguel Ferreira
Researcher at Telecommunications Institute
Aveiro - Portugal
Work E-mail - cmf@av.it.pt
Skype & GTalk -> carlosmf.pt@gmail.com
LinkedIn -> http://www.linkedin.com/in/carlosmferreira



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