.. _network-stack:
-=============
-Network Stack
-=============
+======================
+Network Stack Features
+======================
This section describes a little about the FD.io network stack and describes some benefits:
* Layer 2 - 4 Network Stack
* Fast lookup tables for routes, bridge entries
- * Arbitrary n-tuple classifiers
+ * Arbitrary n-tuple classifiers
* Control Plane, Traffic Management and Overlays
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* `Linux <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux>`_ and `FreeBSD <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeBSD>`_ support
* Support for standard Operating System Interfaces such as AF_Packet, Tun/Tap & Netmap.
* Para-virtualized interfaces; Vhost and Virtio
* Network Adapters over PCI passthrough
* Native container interfaces; MemIF
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* Host Stack
* Universal Data Plane: one code base, for many use cases
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* 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.
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-* Out of the box production quality, with thanks to `CSIT <https://wiki.fd.io/view/CSIT#Start_Here>`_.
+ * The same binary package for all use cases.
-For more information, please see :ref:`featuresbyrelease` for the complete list.
+* Out of the box production quality, with thanks to `CSIT <https://wiki.fd.io/view/CSIT#Start_Here>`_.
For more on the TCP Host Stack press next.