Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Frik Botha <[email protected]>
* Package name : virtio-forwarder Version : 1.1.99.6 Upstream Author : Frik Botha <[email protected]> * URL : https://github.com/Netronome/virtio-forwarder * License : BSD Programming Lang: C, Python Description : SR-IOV virtual function to virtio packet forwarder virtio-forwarder is a userspace networking application that forwards bi-directional traffic between SR-IOV virtual functions and virtio networking devices in virtual machines. virtio-forwarder implements a virtio backend driver using the DPDK's vhost-user library and services designated VFs by means of the DPDK poll mode driver (PMD) mechanism. - why is this package useful/relevant? Virtio is often the preferred choice for guest networking due to its prevalence in guest OSes and its support for VM live migration. However, most NICs use SR-IOV passthrough to allow a VM access to the networking hardware and do not support virtio natively. For virtio users to benefit from features provided by such NICs, such as the offloading of network functions, a mechanism is required to forward traffic between SR-IOV virtual functions (VFs) and virtio networking devices. virtio-forwarder does exactly that. - how do you plan to maintain it? I will maintain the package myself. I am also the upstream maintainer. I am seeking a sponsor since this is my first package.
