High-performance TCP/IP networking for bhyve VMs using netmap passthrough

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Hello

Project summary
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ptnet is a new multi-queue paravirtualized device that builds on ptnetmap
to allow VMs to exchange TCP traffic at 20 Gbps, while still offering the
same ptnetmap performance (10-100 Mpps) to native netmap applications.
The purpose of this SOC project is to write a ptnet driver for FreeBSD and
a corresponding device model for the bhyve hypervisor.


Status update for week 3
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I've completed the implementation of the netmap support for the ptnet
driver, done testing and bug-fixing. The current driver version integrates
with netmap to support applications running in netmap mode over the ptnet
device. The performance is good as expected: 25-30 Mpps throughput at
minimum packet rate between a FreeBSD guest and the host, over a VALE
switch.

Links:
   Project wiki page:
https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2016/PtnetDriverAndDeviceModel
   Code:
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/socsvn/soc2016/vincenzo/head/sys/dev/netmap/if_ptnet.c?view=markup

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