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

[Pravin Shelar]

On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 6:57 AM, Flavio Leitner <fbl at sysclose.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Mar 2015 10:53:14 -0700
> Pravin Shelar <pshelar at nicira.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> Do you mean to literally take vhost-cuse out of the code? If so, yes,
> I think that makes sense.
>

Yes. thats what I meant.
>
>> 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?
>
> Makes sense too. I'd suggest to post another RFC in the meanwhile with
> the documentation and code updated to remove vhost-cuse entirely so we
> can spot/test bugs before the official DPDK 2.0 is out the doors.
>

Sure, whenever it is ready.