[ovs-dev] [PATCH v5 0/4] Convert DPDK configuration from command line to DB based

[Aaron Conole]

Currently, configuration of DPDK parameters is done via the command line
through a --dpdk **OPTIONS** -- command line argument. This has a number of
challenges, including:
* It must be the first option passed to ovs-vswitchd
* It breaks from the way most other things are configured in OVS
* It doesn't allow an easy way to populate defaults


This series brings the following changes to openvswitch:
* All DPDK options are taken from the ovs database rather than the
  command line
* DPDK lcores are optionally auto-assigned to a single core based on the
  bridge coremask.
* Updated documentation

v2:
* Dropped the vhost-user socket configuration options. Those can be re-added
  as an extension
* Incorporated feedback from Kevin Traynor.

v3:
* Went back to a global dpdk-init
* Language cleanup and various minor fixes

v4:
* Added a way to pass arbitrary eal arguments

v5:
* Restore the socket-mem default, and fix up the ovs-dev.py script, along
  with the manpage for ovsdb-server

Aaron Conole (4):
  netdev-dpdk: Restore thread affinity after DPDK init
  netdev-dpdk: Convert initialization from cmdline to db
  netdev-dpdk: Autofill lcore coremask if absent
  netdev-dpdk: Allow arbitrary eal arguments

 FAQ.md                     |   6 +-
 INSTALL.DPDK.md            |  86 ++++++++++++----
 lib/netdev-dpdk.c          | 249 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 lib/netdev-dpdk.h          |  22 ++--
 utilities/ovs-dev.py       |   7 +-
 vswitchd/bridge.c          |   3 +
 vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in |   5 +-
 vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.c    |  25 +----
 vswitchd/vswitch.xml       | 128 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 9 files changed, 426 insertions(+), 105 deletions(-)

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