This RFC patch addresses the restrictions placed on dpdk port names. Currently dpdk ports must be named dpdkX where X is the dpdk port-id. This patch removes this restriction and introduces the requirement to specify the pci address of the device in the other_config db. eg.
ovs-vsctl add-port br0 my-port -- set Interface my-port type=dpdk options:dpdk-pci=0000:06:00.0 This patch is a work in progress and minimal testing has been performed, although a basic setup switching between two dpdk ports has been verified to work. This version of the patch has been implemented on top of the hotplug support patch: http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/dev/2016-May/071786.html I'd welcome feedback on both the idea and the approach. v2: - Applied changes on top of hotplug patch and made the combination compatible. INSTALL.DPDK.md | 12 ++--- NEWS | 2 + lib/netdev-dpdk.c | 142 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 3 files changed, 127 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) -- 2.4.3 _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
