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PF_RING in 2012

From time to time the kernel folks are sick and tired of people saying PF_RING is better than what we have upstream, it really isn’t. Fortunately (for PF_RING) the story is a bit different not to mention that some of PF_RING features such as clustering have probably inspired AF_PACKET too. For 2012 we have planned to make some enhancements to PF_RING and (we’ll be doing much more but this is just the next thing that will see the light) add one of the last missing features you can find on costly FPGA-based …
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PF_RING 5.0 Introduced: DNA 1/10 Gbit and vPF_RING

We’ve just cut the code of PF_RING 5.0. As it contains many changes with respect to the previous version, it deserved a major version number. We refreshed our DNA drivers to 1 Gbit Intel NICs (e1000e and igb families) in addition to the existing 10 Gbit DNA driver. All the DNA drivers source code is stored inside the PF_RING SVN. You can just install the DNA driver, and use our test applications (pfcount for receiving packets, and pfsend for generating/reproducing traffic) for enjoying 1/10 Gbit RX/TX wire-speed using commodity adapters. …
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10 Gbit PF_RING DNA on Virtual Machines (VMware and KVM)

As you know, PF_RING DNA allows you to manipulate packets at 10 Gbit wire speed (any packet size) on low-end Linux servers. As virtualization is becoming pervasive in data-centers, you might wonder whether you can benefit of DNA on virtualized environments. The answer is positive. This post explains you how to use DNA on both VMware and KVM, Linux-native virtualization system. XEN users can also exploit DNA configuring using similar system configurations. VMware Configuration In order to use DNA, you must configure the 10G card in passthrough-mode as depicted below. …