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    net: Adding netmap network backend · 58952137
    Vincenzo Maffione authored
    This patch adds support for a network backend based on netmap.
    netmap is a framework for high speed packet I/O. You can use it
    to build extremely fast traffic generators, monitors, software
    switches or network middleboxes. Its companion software switch
    VALE lets you interconnect virtual machines.
    netmap and VALE are implemented as a non-intrusive kernel module,
    support NICs from multiple vendors, are part of standard FreeBSD
    distributions and available in source format for Linux too.
    
    To compile QEMU with netmap support, use the following configure
    options:
        ./configure [...] --enable-netmap --extra-cflags=-I/path/to/netmap/sys
    where "/path/to/netmap" contains the netmap source code, available at
        http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/netmap/
    
    
    
    The same webpage contains more information about the netmap project
    (together with papers and presentations).
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarVincenzo Maffione <v.maffione@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarStefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
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