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

[Loftus, Ciara]

> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 11:48 AM, Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus at intel.com>
> wrote:
> > This patch adds support for a new port type to the userspace datapath
> > called dpdkvhostuser. It adds to the existing infrastructure of
> > vhost-cuse, however disables vhost-cuse ports in favour of vhost-user
> > ports.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> Thanks for the patch. I have pushed OVS DPDK vHost cuse patch. Once we
> add support for vhost user, vhost-cuse support should be dropped. I
> think we need to wait for dpdk 2.0 for vhost-user support. So can you
> post rebased patch once we move to DPDK 2.0?

Sure, will post a rebased patch once 2.0 is available and OVS has support for it. Thanks.