One of the problems might be that after starting ovsdb-server you should also start ovs-vswitchd. Please see INSTALL.DPDK.
Also, OVS 2.3 supports only DPDK 1.6. I would recommend to take OVS from the git repository, branch-2.4 and use it with DPDK 2.0. On 30/06/2015 00:08, "Sundar Ramakrishnan" <sundar_ra...@yahoo.com> wrote: >Thanks to Daniele, I have openvswitch compiled with dpdk. The way I >installed is posted sundar-ramki/ovs-dpdk ><https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_sundar-2D >ramki_ovs-2Ddpdk_blob_master_OVS-2DDPDK-2DRHEL.Install&d=BQMFaQ&c=Sqcl0Ez6 >M0X8aeM67LKIiDJAXVeAw-YihVMNtXt-uEs&r=SmB5nZacmXNq0gKCC1s_Cw5yUNjxgD4v5kJq >Z2uWLlE&m=RC1iGY-tlGnL-Rfetu2Dr1UGh-Sz61bloCGxOTHrin8&s=yPHTaOIyMy-LqFU1pC >JUspiArNQVVk8-99zJj3tyaW8&e=>. > > > ><https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_sundar-2D >ramki_ovs-2Ddpdk_blob_master_OVS-2DDPDK-2DRHEL.Install&d=BQMFaQ&c=Sqcl0Ez6 >M0X8aeM67LKIiDJAXVeAw-YihVMNtXt-uEs&r=SmB5nZacmXNq0gKCC1s_Cw5yUNjxgD4v5kJq >Z2uWLlE&m=RC1iGY-tlGnL-Rfetu2Dr1UGh-Sz61bloCGxOTHrin8&s=yPHTaOIyMy-LqFU1pC >JUspiArNQVVk8-99zJj3tyaW8&e=> > > > > > >sundar-ramki/ovs-dpdk ><https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_sundar-2D >ramki_ovs-2Ddpdk_blob_master_OVS-2DDPDK-2DRHEL.Install&d=BQMFaQ&c=Sqcl0Ez6 >M0X8aeM67LKIiDJAXVeAw-YihVMNtXt-uEs&r=SmB5nZacmXNq0gKCC1s_Cw5yUNjxgD4v5kJq >Z2uWLlE&m=RC1iGY-tlGnL-Rfetu2Dr1UGh-Sz61bloCGxOTHrin8&s=yPHTaOIyMy-LqFU1pC >JUspiArNQVVk8-99zJj3tyaW8&e=> >ovs-dpdk - Openvswitch with DPDK > > > >View > on github.com ><https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_sundar-2D >ramki_ovs-2Ddpdk_blob_master_OVS-2DDPDK-2DRHEL.Install&d=BQMFaQ&c=Sqcl0Ez6 >M0X8aeM67LKIiDJAXVeAw-YihVMNtXt-uEs&r=SmB5nZacmXNq0gKCC1s_Cw5yUNjxgD4v5kJq >Z2uWLlE&m=RC1iGY-tlGnL-Rfetu2Dr1UGh-Sz61bloCGxOTHrin8&s=yPHTaOIyMy-LqFU1pC >JUspiArNQVVk8-99zJj3tyaW8&e=> >Preview > by Yahoo > > > > > > > >I have the following questions - > > >1. How do I figure out if my VM is really using Openvswitch with DPDK? > > >2. Are there any counters for packets entering and leaving the switch >and/or dpdk? > > >3. Also, I am unable to use the ofctl commands. Following is what I get - > > >[root@test1 ~]# ovs-ofctl show br23 >ovs-ofctl: br23 is not a bridge or a socket >[root@test1 ~]# ovs-vsctl show >d8cfc890-a4fc-4398-869c-59c5412a3e79 > Bridge "br23" > Port "eth3" > Interface "eth3" > Port "br23" > Interface "br23" > type: internal > Port "eth2" > Interface "eth2" > > >Any input will be appreciated. > > >Thank you >SRK > > > > > > >On Tuesday, June 23, 2015 12:25 PM, Daniele Di Proietto ><diproiet...@vmware.com> wrote: > > > >Hi, > >OVS 2.3.2 supports DPDK 1.6, as stated in INSTALL.DPDK. >Many APIs have changed in DPDK in a backward incompatible >way. > >Also, DPDK support in OVS 2.3.2 is experimental. It would be >better to use the code from branch-2.4 (with DPDK 2.0) > >Daniele > > >On 22/06/2015 23:30, "Sundar Ramakrishnan" <sundar_ra...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> >>Hello, >> >> >>I am a newbie to this environment and I am unable to find which release >>of DPDK works fine with Openvswitch. I hope you could enlighten me with >>some docs or references with which I could build a working setup - >> >> >>RHEL 6.6 >>DPDK - 1.7.1 >>OVS - 2.3.1 >> >> >>Following are some steps I figured out from the web & my experiments - >> >> >>Error: >> >> >>/usr/src/dpdk-1.7.1/x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/include/rte_common.h: In >>function ârte_is_alignedâ: >>/usr/src/dpdk-1.7.1/x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/include/rte_common.h:176: >>warning: cast from function call of type âuintptr_tâ to non-matching type >>âvoid *â >>lib/netdev-dpdk.c: In function âdpdk_class_initâ: >>lib/netdev-dpdk.c:1081: warning: implicit declaration of function >>ârte_pmd_init_allâ >>lib/netdev-dpdk.c: In function âdpdk_initâ: >>lib/netdev-dpdk.c:1189: error: too few arguments to function >>ârte_memzone_dumpâ >>make[2]: *** [lib/netdev-dpdk.lo] Error 1 >>make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/openvswitch-2.3.1' >>make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 >>make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/openvswitch-2.3.1' >>make: *** [all] Error 2 >> >> >> >> >>DPDK Open vSwitch Notes RHEL6.6: >>------------------------ >> >> >>Additions to kernel cmdline: >>iommu=pt intel_iommu=on default_hugepagesz=1G hugepagesz=1G >>transparent_hugepage=never hugepages=32 >> >> >>BUILD DPDK: >>cd /usr/src/dpdk-1.6.0r2 <--- 1st working version >>cd /usr/src/dpdk-1.7.1 <--- Only works with 82599 >>cd /usr/src/dpdk-1.8.0 <--- x540s are recognized ovs doesn't build with >>it tho >>export DPDK=$(pwd) >>export TGT=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc >>make CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_COMBINE_LIBS=y CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_SHARED_LIB=n >>CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IXGBE_PMD=y CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IGB_PMD=y install T=$TGT >> >> >> >>BUILD OpenvSwitch: >>cd /usr/src/openvswitch-2.3.1 >>export OVS=$(pwd) >>./boot.sh >>./configure --disable-ssl --with-dpdk=$DPDK/$TGT LIBS=-ldl >>make >>make install >>ln -sf /usr/local/bin/ovs-vsctl /usr/bin/ovs-vsctl <--- libvirt requires >>ovs-vsctl to be here >> >> >> >> >>Please let me know if you find something wrong in what I am doing. >> >> >>Thanking you >> >> >>Sundar >> >> >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
