Demikernel is a library operating system (LibOS) architecture designed for use with kernel-bypass I/O devices. This architecture offers a uniform system call API across kernel-bypass technologies (e.g., RDMA, DPDK) and OS functionality (e.g., a user-level networking stack for DPDK).
To read more about the motivation behind the Demikernel, check out this blog post.
To get details about the system, read our paper in SOSP '21.
To read more about Demikernel check out https://aka.ms/demikernel.
catcollar-- I/O Uring LibOScatloop-- TCP Socket Loopback LibOScatmem-- Shared Memory LibOScatnap-- Linux Sockets LibOScatnip-- DPDK LibOScatpowder-- Linux Raw Socketscatnapw-- Windows Sockets LibOS
- For instructions on development environment setup, see doc/setup.md.
- For instructions on building, see doc/building.md.
- For instructions on testing and running, doc/testing.md.
- For instructions for running on CloudLab, see doc/cloudlab.md.
- For documentation on the API, see documents in man.
- For instructions on how to contribute to this project, see CONTRIBUTING.
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