[ovs-dev] [PATCH v4 1/1] doc: Remove experimental warning for DPDK.

Daniele Di Proietto diproiettod at ovn.org
Tue Feb 7 02:20:09 UTC 2017


Thanks!

I applied this to master and branch-2.7

2017-02-06 9:35 GMT-08:00 Kevin Traynor <ktraynor at redhat.com>:
> On 02/06/2017 05:20 PM, Ian Stokes wrote:
>> Remove the experimental warning tag in documentation regarding OVS deployed
>> with DPDK.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ian Stokes <ian.stokes at intel.com>
>
> Acked-by: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor at redhat.com>
>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst      |    3 ---
>>  Documentation/intro/install/userspace.rst |    4 ++--
>>  NEWS                                      |    1 +
>>  README.rst                                |    8 +++++---
>>  4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst b/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
>> index fff0a1a..3018590 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
>> @@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ This document describes how to build and install Open vSwitch using a DPDK
>>  datapath. Open vSwitch can use the DPDK library to operate entirely in
>>  userspace.
>>
>> -.. warning::
>> -  The DPDK support of Open vSwitch is considered 'experimental'.
>> -
>>  Build requirements
>>  ------------------
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/intro/install/userspace.rst b/Documentation/intro/install/userspace.rst
>> index 0368527..d18632d 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/intro/install/userspace.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/intro/install/userspace.rst
>> @@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ been recently tested, and so Debian packages are not a recommended way to use
>>  this version of Open vSwitch.
>>
>>  .. warning::
>> -  The userspace-only mode of Open vSwitch is considered experimental.  It has
>> -  not been thoroughly tested.
>> +  The userspace-only mode of Open vSwitch without DPDK is considered
>> +  experimental. It has not been thoroughly tested.
>>
>>  Building and Installing
>>  -----------------------
>> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
>> index 5efcce2..aebd99c 100644
>> --- a/NEWS
>> +++ b/NEWS
>> @@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ v2.7.0 - xx xxx xxxx
>>         device will not be available for use until a valid dpdk-devargs is
>>         specified.
>>       * Virtual DPDK Poll Mode Driver (vdev PMD) support.
>> +     * Removed experimental tag.
>>     - Fedora packaging:
>>       * A package upgrade does not automatically restart OVS service.
>>     - ovs-vswitchd/ovs-vsctl:
>> diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
>> index f5cdaa5..afdd9bc 100644
>> --- a/README.rst
>> +++ b/README.rst
>> @@ -38,9 +38,11 @@ following features:
>>
>>  The included Linux kernel module supports Linux 3.10 and up.
>>
>> -Open vSwitch can also operate, at a cost in performance, entirely in userspace,
>> -without assistance from a kernel module.  This userspace implementation should
>> -be easier to port than the kernel-based switch.  It is considered experimental.
>> +Open vSwitch can also operate entirely in userspace without assistance from
>> +a kernel module.  This userspace implementation should be easier to port than
>> +the kernel-based switch. OVS in userspace can access Linux or DPDK devices.
>> +Note Open vSwitch with Linux devices in userspace is considered experimental
>> +and comes with a cost in performance.
>>
>>  What's here?
>>  ------------
>>
>
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