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diff --git a/docs/whatisvpp/index.rst b/docs/whatisvpp/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..464119ccad5 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/whatisvpp/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +.. _whatisvpp: + +================================= +The Vector Packet Processor (VPP) +================================= + +This section describes some of the core concepts and features of FD.io VPP. + +To start with FD.io VPP uses a technique called Vector Packet Processing. +This gives FD.io VPP a siginficant performance improvement over packet +processing applications that use scalar processing. + +Also, At the heart of Fd.io VPP's modular design is a 'Packet Processing Graph'. +This makes FD.io VPP scalable and easily extensible. + +The FD.io software also includes a feature rich network stack. This includes +a TCP host stack that utilizes VPP’s graph based forwarding model and vectorized +packet processing. + +FD.io VPP is tested nightly for functionality and performance with the +CSIT project. + +For more information on any of these features click on the links below or +press next. + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + scalar-vs-vector-packet-processing.rst + extensible.rst + networkstack.rst + hoststack.rst + developer.rst + supported.rst + performance.rst + +Press next for more about Scalar/Vector Packet processing. |