> On Nov 20, 2015, at 2:15 AM, Kury Nicolas <nicolas.k...@master.hes-so.ch> 
> wrote:
> 
> I think I have well understood the architecture. I have my own image. 
> http://s22.postimg.org/p2ow45nap/ovs.png

FYI. Those diagrams are tiny and hard to read.

> In the PORTING section, the implementation of ofproto provider has 3 sublayer 
> (ofproto-dpif, dpif and dpif provider). In my image I have only written 
> "ofproto-dpif" to make it simpler to understand. I suppose it is also correct 
> ?

You probably want to add the different dpif implementations (dpif-netdev and 
dpif-netlink), since it relates to your next set of questions.

> Open vSwitch with DPDK
> This part is unclear for me. My image : 
> http://s22.postimg.org/472lswr3l/ovs_dpdk.png
>               • ​Is there a specific implementation of ofproto provider for 
> DPDK ?

No.  It's using the userspace DPIF (dpif-netdev).

>               • Where is the datapath for OVS-DPDK ?

In lib/dpif-netdev.c.

>               • Is the module openvswitch.ko still present ? If yes, does it 
> interact with DPDK ?

No, it's not needed.

> 
> Open vSwitch with OpenDataPlane
> Do you know anything about OVS-ODP ?

Not really.

--Justin


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