numam-dpdk/doc/guides/nics/index.rst
Keith Wiles 02f96a0a82 net/tap: add TUN/TAP device PMD
The PMD allows for DPDK and the host to communicate using a raw
device interface on the host and in the DPDK application. The device
created is a Tap device with a L2 packet header.

Signed-off-by: Keith Wiles <keith.wiles@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Tested-by: Aws Ismail <aismail@ciena.com>
Tested-by: Vasily Philipov <vasilyf@mellanox.com>
2017-01-17 19:40:50 +01:00

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Network Interface Controller Drivers
====================================
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 3
:numbered:
overview
bnx2x
bnxt
cxgbe
e1000em
ena
enic
fm10k
i40e
ixgbe
intel_vf
mlx4
mlx5
nfp
qede
sfc_efx
szedata2
tap
thunderx
virtio
vhost
vmxnet3
pcap_ring
**Figures**
:numref:`figure_single_port_nic` :ref:`figure_single_port_nic`
:numref:`figure_perf_benchmark` :ref:`figure_perf_benchmark`
:numref:`figure_fast_pkt_proc` :ref:`figure_fast_pkt_proc`
:numref:`figure_inter_vm_comms` :ref:`figure_inter_vm_comms`
:numref:`figure_host_vm_comms` :ref:`figure_host_vm_comms`
:numref:`figure_host_vm_comms_qemu` :ref:`figure_host_vm_comms_qemu`
:numref:`figure_vmxnet3_int` :ref:`figure_vmxnet3_int`
:numref:`figure_vswitch_vm` :ref:`figure_vswitch_vm`
:numref:`figure_vm_vm_comms` :ref:`figure_vm_vm_comms`