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man: use "zero-copy" rather than "transparent"
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vmaffione committed Jan 4, 2017
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This flag helps detect
when packets have been sent and a file descriptor can be closed.
.It NS_FORWARD
When a ring is in 'transparent' mode (see
.Sx TRANSPARENT MODE ) ,
When a ring is in 'transparent' mode,
packets marked with this flag are forwarded to the other endpoint
at the next system call, thus restoring (in a selective way)
the connection between a NIC and the host stack.
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is another test program which interconnects two
.Nm
ports.
It can be used for transparent forwarding between
It can be used for zero-copy forwarding between
interfaces, as in
.Dl bridge -i ix0 -i ix1
or even connect the NIC to the host stack using netmap
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