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authorStefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>2021-10-22 14:52:47 +0200
committerStefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>2021-10-22 14:52:47 +0200
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README, perf_report: Markdown and CSS fixes
Updating md2html on the server needs a few adjustments. Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
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@@ -183,13 +183,14 @@ traffic outside the namespace using native Layer-4 sockets.
Existing approaches typically implement a full, generic TCP/IP stack for this
translation between data and transport layers, without the possibility of
speeding up local connections, and usually requiring NAT. _pasta_:
+
* avoids the need for a generic, full-fledged TCP/IP stack by coordinating TCP
-connection dynamics between sender and receiver
+ connection dynamics between sender and receiver
* offers a fast bypass path for local connections: if a process connects to
-another process on the same host across namespaces, data is directly forwarded
-using pairs of Layer-4 sockets
+ another process on the same host across namespaces, data is directly forwarded
+ using pairs of Layer-4 sockets
* with default options, maps routing and addressing information to the
-namespace, avoiding any need for NAT
+ namespace, avoiding any need for NAT
## Non-functional Targets
@@ -331,12 +332,12 @@ Test logs [here](/builds/latest/test/).
cd passt
make
- * alternatively, static builds for x86_64, with or without AVX2 instructions,
- as of the latest commit are also available for convenience
- [here](/builds/latest/x86_64/avx2/) and
- [here](/builds/latest/x86_64/). Convenience, non-official
- packages for Debian (and derivatives) and RPM-based distributions are also
- available there. These binaries and packages are simply built with:
+ * alternatively, static builds for x86_64, with or without AVX2 instructions,
+ as of the latest commit are also available for convenience
+ [here](/builds/latest/x86_64/avx2/) and
+ [here](/builds/latest/x86_64/). Convenience, non-official
+ packages for Debian (and derivatives) and RPM-based distributions are also
+ available there. These binaries and packages are simply built with:
CFLAGS="-static" make avx2
make pkgs
@@ -356,13 +357,13 @@ Test logs [here](/builds/latest/test/).
* from the same network namespace, start qemu. At the moment, qemu doesn't
support UNIX domain sockets for the `socket` back-end. Two alternatives:
- * use the _qrap_ wrapper, which maps a tap socket descriptor to _passt_'s
- UNIX domain socket, for example:
+ * use the _qrap_ wrapper, which maps a tap socket descriptor to _passt_'s
+ UNIX domain socket, for example:
ip netns exec passt ./qrap 5 qemu-system-x86_64 ... -net socket,fd=5 -net nic,model=virtio ...
- * or patch qemu with [this patch](/passt/tree/qemu/0001-net-Allow-also-UNIX-domain-sockets-to-be-used-as-net.patch)
- and start it like this:
+ * or patch qemu with [this patch](/passt/tree/qemu/0001-net-Allow-also-UNIX-domain-sockets-to-be-used-as-net.patch)
+ and start it like this:
qemu-system-x86_64 ... -net socket,connect=/tmp/passt.socket -net nic,model=virtio
@@ -394,12 +395,12 @@ Test logs [here](/builds/latest/test/).
cd passt
make
- * alternatively, static builds for x86_64, with or without AVX2 instructions,
- as of the latest commit are also available for convenience
- [here](/builds/latest/x86_64/avx2/) and
- [here](/builds/latest/x86_64/). Convenience, non-official
- packages for Debian (and derivatives) and RPM-based distributions are also
- available there. These binaries and packages are simply built with:
+ * alternatively, static builds for x86_64, with or without AVX2 instructions,
+ as of the latest commit are also available for convenience
+ [here](/builds/latest/x86_64/avx2/) and
+ [here](/builds/latest/x86_64/). Convenience, non-official
+ packages for Debian (and derivatives) and RPM-based distributions are also
+ available there. These binaries and packages are simply built with:
CFLAGS="-static" make avx2
make pkgs
@@ -420,7 +421,7 @@ Test logs [here](/builds/latest/test/).
dhclient
- and, optionally:
+ and, optionally:
dhclient -6