Thanks Chris and Neale.
On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 8:46 PM, Neale Ranns <nra...@cisco.com> wrote: > Hi Satish, > > > > It’s important I think to make the distinction here between nodes and > plugins, Plugins are .so files, as Chris says, one cannot load these once > VPP has ‘booted’. Nodes, which can be specified/contained within plugins, > can be added to the VLIB graph at any time. So, start VPP with all the > plugins you will ever need, then use the nodes therein on demand. > > > > Regards, > > neale > > > > *From: *<vpp-dev@lists.fd.io> on behalf of Chris Luke < > chris_l...@comcast.com> > *Date: *Wednesday, 14 February 2018 at 15:53 > *To: *"vpp-dev@lists.fd.io" <vpp-dev@lists.fd.io> > *Cc: *"vpp-dev@lists.fd.io" <vpp-dev@lists.fd.io> > *Subject: *Re: [vpp-dev] VPP Node or plug-in load dynamically at run-time > > > > We’ve talked about it a few times. It’s not inconceivable to add the > ability to load plugins at runtime but it would come with risks to > stability and so quite unlikely. > > > > Being able to unload them at runtime is however a complete non-starter > without a herculean effort and even more serious risks; ergo, very unlikely. > > > > Chris. > > > > *From:* vpp-dev@lists.fd.io [mailto:vpp-dev@lists.fd.io] *On Behalf Of * > Satish > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 14, 2018 9:22 AM > *To:* vpp-dev@lists.fd.io > *Cc:* vpp-dev@lists.fd.io > *Subject:* Re: [vpp-dev] VPP Node or plug-in load dynamically at run-time > > > > Thanks For the clarification Ray and the quick response :) > > > > On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 7:49 PM, Ray Kinsella <m...@ashroe.eu> wrote: > > I don't believe it is. > > Ray K > > > > On 14/02/2018 14:19, satish karunanithi wrote: > > Thanks for the pointers. But i would like to know is it possible to load > the plugin/nodes without restarting the VPP? > > > > > >
