Hello I wonder if you please can help me with a question related to execution of a DPDK application in a Docker container?
In the DPDK documentation, Programmer's Guide, HowTo Guide, chapter 7, it says among other things "There are two use models of running DPDK inside containers, as shown in Fig. 7.1" Figure 7.1 shows two use models of running DPDK in a container. The first use model is called "slicing" where a DPDK application in a container access an SR-IOV device directly without using vSwitch or vRouter. I wonder if you please can describe how this can be accomplished? I wonder: 1. Are there any specific requirements on the container so that it contains for example certain device drivers or fulfills any other specific requirement? 2. If the PCI address of the SR-IOV VF device as seen in the host is provided to the DPDK application in the container, can this application access the SR-IOV VF device? 3. Is there anything else that is needed to make it possible for a DPDK application in a Docker container to communicate via an SR-IOV VF device in the host? Thanks in advance for your help Staffan <https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/howto/virtio_user_for_container_networking.html#figure-use-models-for-running-dpdk-in-containers>
