I'm totally new to DPDK and have some weird questions that I cannot figure out by myself.
- Does DPDK require more than 1 NIC on my physical device? I saw some examples (l2fwd, l3fwd) that require 2 NICs, one is used for receiving packets and another one is used for transmitting packets.
- Since DPDK takes control of NICs, could I still normally access the Internet if I bind my only NIC to DPDK? I mean doing some normal stuff like surfing the web with Firefox.
- After binding the NICs, only DPDK applications can access those NICs, or is there any way that normal applications can access them?
I have been confused with these questions for days. Please purify my mind.
Thanks in advance :)