OSDI '23 - Ensō: A Streaming Interface for NIC-Application Communication

OSDI '23 - Ensō: A Streaming Interface for NIC-Application Communication

Hugo Sadok, Carnegie Mellon University, Nirav Atre, Carnegie Mellon University, Zhipeng Zhao, Microsoft, Daniel S. Berger, Microsoft Research and University of Washington, James C. Hoe, Carnegie Mellon University, Aurojit Panda, New York University, Justine Sherry, Carnegie Mellon University, Ren Wang, Intel

Today, most communication between the NIC and software involves exchanging fixed-size packet buffers. This packetized interface was designed for an era when NICs implemented few offloads and software implemented …

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