[ovs-dev] [PATCH v4] Update relevant artifacts to add support for DPDK 17.05.

[William Townsend]

Hi Aaron,

On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 9:51 AM, Aaron Conole <aconole at redhat.com> wrote:

> Hi Michal,
>
> mweglicx <michalx.weglicki at intel.com> writes:
>
> > Following changes are applied:
> > - netdev-dpdk: Changes required by DPDK API modifications.
> > - doc: Because of DPDK API changes, backward compatibility
> >   with previous DPDK releases will be broken, thus all
> >   relevant documentation entries are updated.
> > - .travis: DPDK version change from 16.11.1 to 17.05.
> > - rhel/openvswitch-fedora.spec.in: DPDK version change
> >   from 16.11 to 17.05.
> >
> > v1->v2: Patch rework based on minor review comments.
> > v2->v3: VHOST user client reconfiguration corrected.
> > v3->v4: Patch is rebased against OVS master, minor
> >         rework based on review comments.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Michal Weglicki <michalx.weglicki at intel.com>
> > ---
>
> Since you got some comments from Mark, please describe the motivation
> for this change with v5.  Something explaining why to move off of the
> LTS and onto this non-LTS version.  I'm not opposed to moving - just
> want to know what benefits it brings, and have that recorded as a log
> in the commit history so that it can be referenced.
>
> Thanks!
>
​A big motivation would be to support new architectures like ARMv8 and
Power9.
I have had to move along with DPDK to get this to work.
​--Bill

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