dpdk20.11

DPDK: Software libraries for packet processing

The Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) The DPDK is a set of software libraries to enable packet processing. It consists of a set of polling mode drivers (PMD) which can be used to pull network packets directly from a Network Interface Card (NIC), as well as other libraries to assist in the processing of those packets. The additional libraries include ones for: * memory and buffer management * packet classification * software rings or FIFOs to allow packet transfer between cores amongst others. Applications written using the DPDK run in userspace. The devices used by a DPDK application are removed from kernel control and are instead managed directly by that application.