Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH v4 1/1] netdev-dpdk: add dpdk vhost ports

2014-09-11 Thread Tahhan, Maryam
> -Original Message- > From: Tahhan, Maryam > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 2:42 PM > To: dev@openvswitch.org > Cc: Tahhan, Maryam > Subject: [PATCH v4 1/1] netdev-dpdk: add dpdk vhost ports > > This patch implements the vhost-net offload API. It adds support for > a new port type to us

[ovs-dev] [PATCH v4 1/1] netdev-dpdk: add dpdk vhost ports

2014-08-22 Thread maryam.tahhan
This patch implements the vhost-net offload API. It adds support for a new port type to userspace datapath called dpdkvhost. This allows KVM (QEMU) to offload the servicing of virtio-net devices to it's associated dpdkvhost port. Instructions for use are in INSTALL.DPDK. This has been tested on I