Glossary
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-Term Definition
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-ACL Access Control List
-API Application Programming Interface
+ACL
+ Access Control List
-ASLR Linux* kernel Address-Space Layout Randomization
+API
+ Application Programming Interface
-BSD Berkeley Software Distribution
+ASLR
+ Linux* kernel Address-Space Layout Randomization
-Clr Clear
+BSD
+ Berkeley Software Distribution
-CIDR Classless Inter-Domain Routing
+Clr
+ Clear
-Control Plane The control plane is concerned with the routing of packets and with providing a start or end point.
+CIDR
+ Classless Inter-Domain Routing
-Core A core may include several lcores or threads if the processor supports hyperthreading.
+Control Plane
+ The control plane is concerned with the routing of packets and with
+ providing a start or end point.
-Core Components A set of libraries provided by the DPDK, including eal, ring, mempool, mbuf, timers, and so on.
+Core
+ A core may include several lcores or threads if the processor supports
+ hyperthreading.
-CPU Central Processing Unit
+Core Components
+ A set of libraries provided by the DPDK, including eal, ring, mempool,
+ mbuf, timers, and so on.
-CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
+CPU
+ Central Processing Unit
-ctrlmbuf An *mbuf* carrying control data.
+CRC
+ Cyclic Redundancy Check
-Data Plane In contrast to the control plane,
- the data plane in a network architecture are the layers involved when forwarding packets.
- These layers must be highly optimized to achieve good performance.
+ctrlmbuf
+ An *mbuf* carrying control data.
-DIMM Dual In-line Memory Module
+Data Plane
+ In contrast to the control plane, the data plane in a network architecture
+ are the layers involved when forwarding packets. These layers must be
+ highly optimized to achieve good performance.
-Doxygen A documentation generator used in the DPDK to generate the API reference.
+DIMM
+ Dual In-line Memory Module
-DPDK Data Plane Development Kit
+Doxygen
+ A documentation generator used in the DPDK to generate the API reference.
-DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory
+DPDK
+ Data Plane Development Kit
-EAL The Environment Abstraction Layer (EAL) provides a generic interface that hides the environment specifics
- from the applications and libraries.
- The services expected from the EAL are:
- development kit loading and launching, core affinity/ assignment procedures,
- system memory allocation/description, PCI bus access, inter-partition communication.
+DRAM
+ Dynamic Random Access Memory
-FIFO First In First Out
+EAL
+ The Environment Abstraction Layer (EAL) provides a generic interface that
+ hides the environment specifics from the applications and libraries. The
+ services expected from the EAL are: development kit loading and launching,
+ core affinity/ assignment procedures, system memory allocation/description,
+ PCI bus access, inter-partition communication.
-FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array
+FIFO
+ First In First Out
-GbE Gigabit Ethernet
+FPGA
+ Field Programmable Gate Array
-HW Hardware
+GbE
+ Gigabit Ethernet
-HPET High Precision Event Timer;
- a hardware timer that provides a precise time reference on x86 platforms.
+HW
+ Hardware
-ID Identifier
+HPET
+ High Precision Event Timer; a hardware timer that provides a precise time
+ reference on x86 platforms.
-IOCTL Input/Output Control
+ID
+ Identifier
-I/O Input/Output
+IOCTL
+ Input/Output Control
-IP Internet Protocol
+I/O
+ Input/Output
-IPv4 Internet Protocol version 4
+IP
+ Internet Protocol
-IPv6 Internet Protocol version 6
+IPv4
+ Internet Protocol version 4
-lcore A logical execution unit of the processor, sometimes called a *hardware thread*.
+IPv6
+ Internet Protocol version 6
-KNI Kernel Network Interface
+lcore
+ A logical execution unit of the processor, sometimes called a *hardware
+ thread*.
-L1 Layer 1
+KNI
+ Kernel Network Interface
-L2 Layer 2
+L1
+ Layer 1
-L3 Layer 3
+L2
+ Layer 2
-L4 Layer 4
+L3
+ Layer 3
-LAN Local Area Network
+L4
+ Layer 4
-LPM Longest Prefix Match
+LAN
+ Local Area Network
-master lcore The execution unit that executes the main() function and that launches other lcores.
+LPM
+ Longest Prefix Match
-mbuf An mbuf is a data structure used internally to carry messages (mainly network packets).
- The name is derived from BSD stacks.
- To understand the concepts of packet buffers or mbuf,
- refer to *TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 2: The Implementation*.
+master lcore
+ The execution unit that executes the main() function and that launches
+ other lcores.
-MESI Modified Exclusive Shared Invalid (CPU cache coherency protocol)
+mbuf
+ An mbuf is a data structure used internally to carry messages (mainly
+ network packets). The name is derived from BSD stacks. To understand the
+ concepts of packet buffers or mbuf, refer to *TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 2:
+ The Implementation*.
-MTU Maximum Transfer Unit
+MESI
+ Modified Exclusive Shared Invalid (CPU cache coherency protocol)
-NIC Network Interface Card
+MTU
+ Maximum Transfer Unit
-OOO Out Of Order (execution of instructions within the CPU pipeline)
+NIC
+ Network Interface Card
-NUMA Non-uniform Memory Access
+OOO
+ Out Of Order (execution of instructions within the CPU pipeline)
-PCI Peripheral Connect Interface
+NUMA
+ Non-uniform Memory Access
-PHY An abbreviation for the physical layer of the OSI model.
+PCI
+ Peripheral Connect Interface
-pktmbuf An *mbuf* carrying a network packet.
+PHY
+ An abbreviation for the physical layer of the OSI model.
-PMD Poll Mode Driver
+pktmbuf
+ An *mbuf* carrying a network packet.
-QoS Quality of Service
+PMD
+ Poll Mode Driver
-RCU Read-Copy-Update algorithm, an alternative to simple rwlocks.
+QoS
+ Quality of Service
-Rd Read
+RCU
+ Read-Copy-Update algorithm, an alternative to simple rwlocks.
-RED Random Early Detection
+Rd
+ Read
-RSS Receive Side Scaling
+RED
+ Random Early Detection
-RTE Run Time Environment.
- Provides a fast and simple framework for fast packet processing,
- in a lightweight environment as a Linux* application and
- using Poll Mode Drivers (PMDs) to increase speed.
+RSS
+ Receive Side Scaling
-Rx Reception
+RTE
+ Run Time Environment. Provides a fast and simple framework for fast packet
+ processing, in a lightweight environment as a Linux* application and using
+ Poll Mode Drivers (PMDs) to increase speed.
-Slave lcore Any *lcore* that is not the *master lcore*.
+Rx
+ Reception
-Socket A physical CPU, that includes several *cores*.
+Slave lcore
+ Any *lcore* that is not the *master lcore*.
-SLA Service Level Agreement
+Socket
+ A physical CPU, that includes several *cores*.
-srTCM Single Rate Three Color Marking
+SLA
+ Service Level Agreement
-SRTD Scheduler Round Trip Delay
+srTCM
+ Single Rate Three Color Marking
-SW Software
+SRTD
+ Scheduler Round Trip Delay
-Target In the DPDK, the target is a combination of architecture,
- machine, executive environment and toolchain.
- For example: i686-native-linuxapp-gcc.
+SW
+ Software
-TCP Transmission Control Protocol
+Target
+ In the DPDK, the target is a combination of architecture, machine,
+ executive environment and toolchain. For example:
+ i686-native-linuxapp-gcc.
-TC Traffic Class
+TCP
+ Transmission Control Protocol
-TLB Translation Lookaside Buffer
+TC
+ Traffic Class
-TLS Thread Local Storage
+TLB
+ Translation Lookaside Buffer
-trTCM Two Rate Three Color Marking
+TLS
+ Thread Local Storage
-TSC Time Stamp Counter
+trTCM
+ Two Rate Three Color Marking
-Tx Transmission
+TSC
+ Time Stamp Counter
-TUN/TAP TUN and TAP are virtual network kernel devices.
+Tx
+ Transmission
-VLAN Virtual Local Area Network
+TUN/TAP
+ TUN and TAP are virtual network kernel devices.
-Wr Write
+VLAN
+ Virtual Local Area Network
-WRED Weighted Random Early Detection
+Wr
+ Write
-WRR Weighted Round Robin
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+WRED
+ Weighted Random Early Detection
+
+WRR
+ Weighted Round Robin
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