> -----Original Message----- > From: dev [mailto:dev-boun...@openvswitch.org] On Behalf Of Pravin Shelar > Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 6:08 PM > To: Flavio Leitner > Cc: dev@openvswitch.org > Subject: Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH RFC 1/1] netdev-dpdk: add dpdk vhost-user ports > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 6:57 AM, Flavio Leitner <f...@sysclose.org> wrote: > > On Fri, 20 Mar 2015 10:53:14 -0700 > > Pravin Shelar <pshe...@nicira.com> wrote: > > > >> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 11:48 AM, Ciara Loftus > >> <ciara.lof...@intel.com> wrote: > >> > This patch adds support for a new port type to the userspace > >> > datapath called dpdkvhostuser. It adds to the existing > >> > infrastructure of vhost-cuse, however disables vhost-cuse ports in > >> > favour of vhost-user ports. > >> > > >> > A new dpdkvhostuser port will create a unix domain socket which when > >> > provided to QEMU is used to facilitate communication between the > >> > virtio-net device on the VM and the OVS port. > >> > > >> Thanks for the patch. I have pushed OVS DPDK vHost cuse patch. Once we > >> add support for vhost user, vhost-cuse support should be dropped. > > > > Do you mean to literally take vhost-cuse out of the code? If so, yes, > > I think that makes sense. > > > > Yes. thats what I meant.
One issue with removing is that vhost-user is only supported from QEMU 2.1.0 onwards. If anyone is using an older version of QEMU they would not be able to use vhost-user, whereas vhost-cuse will support older versions of QEMU. > > > >> I think we need to wait for dpdk 2.0 for vhost-user support. So can > >> you post rebased patch once we move to DPDK 2.0? > > > > Makes sense too. I'd suggest to post another RFC in the meanwhile with > > the documentation and code updated to remove vhost-cuse entirely so we > > can spot/test bugs before the official DPDK 2.0 is out the doors. > > > > Sure, whenever it is ready. > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > dev@openvswitch.org > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
