[ovs-dev] [PATCH v8] netdev-dpdk: add dpdk vhost-user ports

Flavio Leitner fbl at sysclose.org
Tue Jun 9 20:01:52 UTC 2015


On Thu, Jun 04, 2015 at 02:51:40PM +0100, Ciara Loftus wrote:
> This patch adds support for a new port type to the userspace
> datapath called dpdkvhostuser.
> 
> A new dpdkvhostuser port will create a unix domain socket which
> when provided to QEMU is used to facilitate communication between
> the virtio-net device on the VM and the OVS port on the host.
> 
> vhost-cuse ('dpdkvhost') ports are still available as 'dpdkvhostcuse'
> ports and will be enabled if vhost-cuse support is detected in the
> DPDK build specified during compilation of the switch. Otherwise,
> vhost-user ports are enabled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus at intel.com>
> ---

The patch looks good and works for me.

Acked-by: Flavio Leitner <fbl at redhat.com>





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