[ovs-dev] [RFC PATCH v2 0/1] netdev-dpdk: Add support for DPDK 16.07

[Maxime Coquelin]

Hi Ciara,

On 07/12/2016 11:11 AM, Ciara Loftus wrote:
> This RFC patch provides initial support for DPDK 16.07-rc2 (release
> candidate 2) which was tagged July 12th. I plan to submit a full patch
> once the 16.07 release is final, hopefully later this month. This RFC
> patch can be used in meantime to test with the DPDK master branch or
> 16.07-rc2 tag.
>
> The main changes between DPDK 16.04 and 16.07 so far that impact OVS are
> changes to the xstats and vhost APIs which have required rework to those
> particular sections in netdev-dpdk.c.
>
> As this is an RFC patch only basic testing has been conducted. If you
> try this patch out and find any issues please report them and fixes can
> be included in the final patch.
>
> v2:
> - rebase with DPDK rc2
> - rebase with OVS master
> - fix vhost cuse compilation
>
>  .travis/linux-build.sh   |   2 +-
>  INSTALL.DPDK-ADVANCED.md |   8 +-
>  INSTALL.DPDK.md          |  20 ++--
>  lib/netdev-dpdk.c        | 243 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
>  4 files changed, 135 insertions(+), 138 deletions(-)
>

FWIW, you can add my:
Tested-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin at redhat.com>

Thanks!
Maxime