13/01/2023 06:03, Stephen Hemminger: > The Linux special network driver for kernel networking has been > a long term problem for DPDK. The performance benefits of KNI > are available via virtio-user and XDP, and the simpler kernel > interface via TAP is also available. > > This driver has required lots of effort to keep up with the > kernel API changes. And the overall architecture of the driver > is fundamentally insecure and has unfixable locking and data > race problems. No developer has been willing to do extensive > tests or be the maintainer. > > In short, the time has come to do some early spring cleaning > and remove KNI from DPDK 23.03.
In doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst it is announced to be removed in 23.11. Let's keep this RFC for later :)
