It is absolutely possible to create DPDK applications that send/receive data into the Linux network stack using KNI [1]. I'm not sure if I'm qualified to say wh

It is absolutely possible to create DPDK applications that send/receive data into the Linux network stack using KNI [1]. I'm not sure if I'm qualified to say whether DPDK is “for” something, but the means to achieve this exist. [1] - http://dpdk.org/doc/guides-16.04/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.html http://dpdk.org/doc/guides-16.04/prog_guide/kernel_nic_inter...