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Re:Vector Packet Processing by vacuity on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @05:09PM (#38371075)
Is there something like an IOMMU to provide secure access to the NIC?
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Re:Vector Packet Processing by ADSSDA on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @05:51PM (#38371657)
Yes, DPDK (which VPP is built on) heavily utilizes IOMMU to provide host protection.

https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.html discusses it a bit.

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