On 20 May 2014, at 23:52, Michał Margula <[email protected]> wrote:
> W dniu 14.05.2014 09:14, Luca Deri pisze: >> Michael, >> yes you can do that (during insmod you specify the list of MAC to >> enable) but the best is you to move to PF_RING ZC where you can decide >> that at runging by opening the device as "zc:ethX" (direct mode) or >> "ethX" (via Linux stack) >> >> Luca >> > > Hello, > > I need to ask for another clarification. If I have DNA drivers and use > adapters_to_enable it enables DNA only for specified NIC. But what > happens with other network cards? Do they work as PF_RING aware driver? > > For example I have > > /sbin/insmod /usr/local/modules/ixgbe.ko > adapters_to_enable=90:e2:ba:37:13:02 allow_unsupported_sfp=1 MQ=0 > > And looking into proc: > > root@isildur:~# cat /proc/net/pf_ring/dev/dna0/info > Name: dna0 > Index: 9 > Address: 90:E2:BA:37:13:02 > Polling Mode: DNA > Type: Ethernet > Family: Intel ixgbe 82599 > Max # TX Queues: 1 > # Used RX Queues: 1 > > root@isildur:~# cat /proc/net/pf_ring/dev/ten0/info > Name: ten0 > Index: 10 > Address: 6C:B3:11:3B:21:A8 > Polling Mode: NAPI/TNAPI > Type: Ethernet > Family: Intel 82599 > # Bound Sockets: 0 > Max # TX Queues: 16 > # Used RX Queues: 16 > > So NAPI/TNAPI means it works as classic Linux device (non-PF_RING-aware)? NAPI/TNAPI means non-DNA (i.e. standard or pfring-aware) > Another question - if we would switch to PF_RING ZC - will applications > written for PF_RING (for example WANguard) work fine? If they use the standard API, yes. Alfredo > > Thank you! > > Thanks! > > -- > Michał Margula, [email protected], http://alchemyx.uznam.net.pl/ > "W życiu piękne są tylko chwile" [Ryszard Riedel] > _______________________________________________ > Ntop-misc mailing list > [email protected] > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop-misc _______________________________________________ Ntop-misc mailing list [email protected] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop-misc
