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

Loftus, Ciara ciara.loftus at intel.com
Tue Jul 19 09:30:47 UTC 2016


> 
> 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>

Will do. Thanks for testing!

Ciara

> 
> Thanks!
> Maxime


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