[pve-devel] [PATCH] add virtio-vhost-user nic support

[Dietmar Maurer]

> Why bypassing the kernel ?:
> Current kernel stack have some limitations, around 1mpps (millions packets/s)
>  vs 10mpps for dpdk by cpu core, so for virtual routers and firewall
> (synflood,udpflood of 64bytes), this is really needed)

But the OVS bridge still pass all traffic to the kernel, because we use
in-kernel
network card drivers?

Anyways, I guess you have already done some performance benchmarks? Is
it really faster?