Last time I was looking into dpdk hotplug, i was not under impression that it was very usable for our use case but that was long time ago so maybe things changed.
We can possibly work on that, but it will be major surgery in dpdk plugin code. -- Damjan > On 2 May 2018, at 13:46, Ray Kinsella <m...@ashroe.eu> wrote: > > Sorry Avi, > > Let me clarify what I meant. > > To the best of my knowledge, it is not supported with FD.io <http://fd.io/> > VPP + DPDK Plugin at this time. You can achieve something similar with FD.io > <http://fd.io/> VPP and AF_PACKET but it won't be fast. > > As you point out, DPDK does support hotput, so it is not a DPDK constraint > but I am not yet sure on the difficulty of implementing it. > > Ray K > > On 02/05/2018 08:30, Avi Cohen (A) wrote: >> Ray >> I know that with ovs-dpdk you can add/remove a dpdk interface (physical or >> vhost-user) on runtime >> Best Regards >> Avi >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: vpp-dev@lists.fd.io [mailto:vpp-dev@lists.fd.io] On Behalf Of Ray >>> Kinsella >>> Sent: Tuesday, 01 May, 2018 5:41 PM >>> To: Avi Cohen (A); vpp-dev@lists.fd.io >>> Subject: Re: [vpp-dev] Dynamically attach to a PCI device >>> >>> Hi Avi, >>> >>> Good question - really depends on how you want to do it. >>> >>> To my knowledge it is not supported with DPDK. You can achieve similar >>> functionality using af_packet - but clearly it won't be anything like as >>> fast. >>> >>> Ray K >>> >>> On 01/05/2018 08:11, Avi Cohen (A) wrote: >>>> With Ovs-Dpdk this is supported >>>> If this is not supported in VPP I can implement it Avi >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Avi Cohen (A) >>>>> Sent: Monday, 23 April, 2018 9:44 AM >>>>> To: 'vpp-dev@lists.fd.io' >>>>> Subject: RE: Dynamically attach to a PCI device >>>>> >>>>> I'll clarify my question >>>>> For a PCI device e.g. 0000:04:00:0 - is it possible to add this >>>>> device to VPP on runtime with a specific cli command ? >>>>> Currently I only can add these kind of devices by specifying it in >>>>> the while-list in startup.conf Best Regards Avi >>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: Avi Cohen (A) >>>>>> Sent: Monday, 16 April, 2018 10:48 AM >>>>>> To: vpp-dev@lists.fd.io >>>>>> Subject: Dynamically attach to a PCI device >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello All >>>>>> >>>>>> Currently I attach the physical NICs PCI devices by setting the >>>>>> white list in the startup.conf How can I attach it dynamically in >>>>>> runtime ? >>>>>> >>>>>> Best Regards >>>>>> Avi >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> > >
