Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
* Package name : virtio-forwarder
Version : 1.1.99.6
* 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.