there was a recent email on the availability of the netmap I/O framework for linux. The netmap web site http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/ has a linux version since late february, with drivers for intel ixgbe, e1000, e1000e, igb, r8169 and forcedeth cheers luigi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html