These included patches given an example of how to modify the DPDK library to turn on some features for the Intel 82580 Controller. These can then be enabled by setting the related define to 1 in the libtrace dpdk.c source file. For more information on the DPDK format check out the notes on the libtrace wiki https://secure.wand.net.nz/trac/libtrace/wiki/UserDocumentation. These can be applied from the directory a level above /DPDK using this command: ~patch -p0 < name.patch larger_ring.patch - Allow the number of buffers in the RX ring to be increased past the 4K limit. Once patched update #define NB_RX_MBUF to the increased value. hardware_timestamp_82580.patch - ONLY FOR THE USE WITH THE INTEL 82580 CONTROLLER Enable hardware time stamping in receive buffers. Once patched set #define HAS_HW_TIMESTAMPS_82580 to 1.