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+.. _packet-processing:
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+=================
+Packet Processing
+=================
+
+* Layer 2 - 4 Network Stack
+
+  * Fast lookup tables for routes, bridge entries
+  * Arbitrary n-tuple classifiers 
+  * Control Plane, Traffic Management and Overlays
+ 
+* `Linux <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux>`_ and `FreeBSD <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeBSD>`_ support
+
+  * Wide support for standard Operating System Interfaces such as AF_Packet, Tun/Tap & Netmap.
+
+* Wide network and cryptograhic hardware support with `DPDK <https://www.dpdk.org/>`_.
+* Container and Virtualization support
+
+  * Para-virtualized intefaces; Vhost and Virtio 
+  * Network Adapters over PCI passthrough
+  * Native container interfaces; MemIF
+  
+* Universal Data Plane: one code base, for many use cases
+ 
+  * Discrete appliances; such as `Routers <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Router_(computing)>`_ and `Switches <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_switch>`_.
+  * `Cloud Infrastructure and Virtual Network Functions <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_function_virtualization>`_
+  * `Cloud Native Infrastructure <https://www.cncf.io/>`_
+  * The same binary package for all use cases. 
+
+* Out of the box production quality, with thanks to `CSIT <https://wiki.fd.io/view/CSIT#Start_Here>`_. 
+
+For more information, please see :ref:`features` for the complete list.
+