On Wed, 24 Feb 2016 11:51:20 +0100 Christian Ehrhardt <paelzer@gmail.com> wrote: > Subject: ITP: dpdk -- Data Plane Development Kit > Package: wnpp > Owner: Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com> > Severity: wishlist > > * Package name : dpdk > Version : 2.2 > Upstream Author : Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com> > * URL : http://dpdk.org/ > * License : BSD (core libs), GPLv2 (kernel components) > Programming Lang: C > Description : Data Plane Development Kit > > 1. What is DPDK useful for > DPDK is a set of libraries and drivers for fast packet processing. It > was designed to run on any processors. The first supported CPU was Intel > x86 and it is now extended to IBM Power 8, EZchip TILE-Gx and ARM. It > runs mostly in Linux userland. A FreeBSD port is available for a subset > of DPDK features. > > Main libraries > - multicore framework > - huge page memory > - ring buffers > - poll-mode drivers > > Usage > These libraries can be used to: > - receive and send packets within the minimum number of CPU cycles > (usually less than 80 cycles) > - develop fast packet capture algorithms (tcpdump-like) > - run third-party fast path stacks > Some packet processing functions have been benchmarked up to hundreds > million frames per second, using 64-byte packets with a PCIe NIC. > > > 2. Maintenance Plan > I'm currently maintaining dpdk for ubuntu (launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpdk) > and the existing packaging should be suitable for Debian also. > > It'd be great to have this packaged in Debian too, so that we can share the > work. I am looking for co-maintainers to help me with this. > > But I'm not a Debian developer, so I'd like to have a more Debian centric > co-maintainer for a proper Debian expertise and opinion in all the work. > I'm also no DD, so sponsors will be needed. Hello Christian, Thanks for doing the packaging work, it looks great! I work at Brocade, and we maintain a dpdk package internally too. I'd be happy to try and help as best as I can with the packaging, and with sponsoring the uploads! The only small issue is that I am a DM, not a DD, so I would need a DD to do the one-time whitelist of my pgp key for this package on the ftp first, and then I'd be able to sponsor all the uploads. If you would like to accept my help, I will ask for whitelisting. Let me know :-) -- Kind regards, Luca Boccassi Brocade Communications Systems
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