fd-net-device: Netmap and DPDK documentation and small fixes

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Tom Henderson
2020-09-13 14:36:38 -07:00
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@@ -80,8 +80,15 @@ We expect the typical use case for this environment will be to analyze the
behavior of native applications and protocol suites in the presence of large
simulated |ns3| networks.
The basic testbed mode of emulation uses raw sockets. Two other variants
(netmap-based and DPDK-based emulation) have been recently added; these
make use of more recent network interface cards that make use of
directly-mapped memory capabilities to improve packet processing efficiency.
For more details:
* :doc:`FdNetDevice <fd-net-device>` chapter.
* :doc:`NetmapNetDevice <netmap-net-device>` chapter.
* :doc:`DpdkNetDevice <netmap-net-device>` chapter.
* :doc:`TapBridge <tap>` chapter.

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@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ This document is written in `reStructuredText <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/r
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@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ This document is written in `reStructuredText <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/r
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