Currently, configuration of DPDK parameters is done via the command line through a --dpdk **OPTIONS** -- command line argument. This has a number of challenges, including: * It must be the first option passed to ovs-vswitchd * It breaks from the way most other things are configured in OVS * It doesn't allow an easy way to populate defaults
This series brings the following changes to openvswitch: * All DPDK options are taken from the ovs database rather than the command line * DPDK lcores are optionally auto-assigned to a single core based on the bridge coremask. * Updated documentation v2: * Dropped the vhost-user socket configuration options. Those can be re-added as an extension * Incorporated feedback from Kevin Traynor. Aaron Conole (3): netdev-dpdk: Restore thread affinity after DPDK init netdev-dpdk: Convert initialization from cmdline to db netdev-dpdk: Autofill lcore coremask if absent INSTALL.DPDK.md | 75 ++++++++++---- lib/netdev-dpdk.c | 262 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- lib/netdev-dpdk.h | 19 ++-- vswitchd/bridge.c | 3 + vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.c | 25 +---- vswitchd/vswitch.xml | 102 ++++++++++++++++++- 6 files changed, 387 insertions(+), 99 deletions(-) -- 2.6.1.133.gf5b6079 _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
