ipfw meets netmap (6.5 Mpps in userspace)

[Özkan KIRIK]

does igb driver supported by netmap ? if yes, how multiqueue support works?

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo at iet.unipi.it> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 02:42:43PM +0200, Olivier Cochard-Labb? wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo at iet.unipi.it> wrote:
>> > I just finished a netmap-enabled version of ipfw/dummynet, which
>> > runs in userspace and is able to process over 6 million packets per
>> > second (Mpps) with simple rulesets, and over 2.2 Mpps through
>> > dummynet pipes (tested on an i7-3400 connected to VALE ports;
>> > VALE is a software switch part of netmap).
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Reading the README file: "Real packet I/O is possible using netmap",
>> Can we use it for high-speed firewalling among real NICs now?
>>
>> Can you confirm that we just need:
>> 1. An up-to-date FreeBSD -current (build from source synced the
>> 2012-08-03 mininum) with netmap module loaded;
>> 2. netmap compliant NICs (ixgbe, e1000 or re);
>> 3. compile, configure and start ipfw-user.
>>
>> Can ipfw-user be directly connected to two netmap-enabled NICs in
>> place of vale switches->netmap bridge->NIC ?
>
> yes to all three (though i have not tried yet as i do not have
> access to 10G hardware now, vale ports behave exactly the same
> as a real card).
> Whoever feels like trying, performance numbers are welcome.
> I'll prepare a picobsd image with all the tools shortly.
>
> cheers
> luigi
>
>>
>> Olivier
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