netmap and other discussions on freebsd-net: please be open minded.

[Luigi Rizzo]

On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 7:49 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian at freebsd.org> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Is there a netmap list that these questions (regardless of OS) could go to?
>

​no there isn't one. At the moment there isn't enough traffic
to suggest that, and creating one is likely to generate
traffic to both the specific list and freebsd-net.

Note, the problem is not only for netmap: we have ipfw+dummynet
which is already cross platform, and as we bring pieces of the kernel
to userspace (see​ e.g. the various efforts related to bringing
up the network stack) we lose the tight bind to the os.

cheers
luigi

(context below)


> On 18 May 2014 16:02, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo at iet.unipi.it> wrote:
> > Folks, i have two requests for you:
> >
> > 1. please do not complain about questions on this list related
> >    to a core network-related FreeBSD subsystem (netmap, dummynet,
> >    netgraph, tcp stack...) even if they are concerned with ports
> >    to Linux or other OSes or to userspace.
> >
> >    At least in principle, these topics _are_ relevant here precisely
> >    because they relate to code whose main home is in the FreeBSD
> >    source tree, and bugs or feature suggestions etc that may emerge
> >    will directly benefit FreeBSD.
> >
> > 2. on the other hand, it would be good if people could avoid questions
> like
> >    "give me step by step instructions on how to install/run/use X".
> >    There are notes in README and Makefiles, something on the
> >    web pages, and quick web searches should point you to previous
> >    mailing list discussions on the same topic _before asking_.
> >
> > So in the specific case below i can understand a reply (perhaps a
> > private one) saying "have you done your homework (read documentation,
> > do a web search) ?", but "we only do FreeBSD here" does not sound
> > right to me.
> >
> >         cheers
> >         luigi
> >
> > On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 02:23:29PM +0200, XXX wrote:
> >> > I am using Fedora 18 with Intel 82599 NIC.
> >> .............^^^^^^^^^
> >>
> >> Ask on a Linux/Fedora list then. This is a FreeBSD list.
> >>
> >> > I am new to netmap and want to experiment with it in the above
> environment.
> >> > Can somebody please advise what is the easiest way to go about the
> above
> >> > (installation etc.) so that I can concentrate on writing the userspace
> >> > programs using netmap quickly.
> >>
> >>
> >> Cheers,
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