From all those vendors with bypass stacks only solarflare and mellanox are really friendly to start with. Others require to register/request a quote/pay your ar

From all those vendors with bypass stacks only solarflare and mellanox are really friendly to start with. Others require to register/request a quote/pay your arm and leg to just get started. On the other side: you could easily pickup an SF or mlnx card at almost any shop, or get a used one from ebay for a hundred bucks, then download software from the internet and start playing with the stuff right away. Just 'olnoad ./your-binary', that's it.