You could write a PMD for the Realtek nic(s) of interest. There is netmap support for some Realtek NICs, so it’s not likely to be impossible.
https://github.com/luigirizzo/netmap/blob/master/sys/dev/netmap/if_re_netmap.h > On Sep 15, 2019, at 11:13 AM, 曾懷恩 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > There is no any other way that using DPDK unsupported NIC > > You can find supported NICs in following link: > http://core.dpdk.org/supported/ > > The easiest way is using VMWare or Virtualbox virtualized NIC in guest OS > > >> From: Gadre Nayan <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [dpdk-users] Using Realtek NIC with DPDK >> Message-ID: >> <cakj7ar5hmh7rt7fxa3ha5zx0ceqji_wy_svjlhqj+q5jf+u...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >> >> Hi DPDK Users, >> >> I have the following NIC on my DELL Laptop running Ubuntu OS >> >> 07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. >> RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 07) >> LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ >> DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt- >> >> I have 1 socket, 2 cores per socket and Hyperthreaded (2 logical cores per >> Core) >> >> Since DPDK doesn't support Realtek NICs, is there a way around ? >> >> I was also referring to the mailing list and found a similar discussion: >> http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2014-February/001384.html >> >> I couldn't find a sample application which uses the software based >> PMDs to be treated as physical NICs. >> >> Thanks >> ngadre. >> >> >> End of users Digest, Vol 202, Issue 6 >> *************************************
