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

Ilya Maximets i.maximets at samsung.com
Thu Jun 8 07:36:25 UTC 2017


> 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.

Where did you get this information?
ARMv8 supported since dpdk 2.2 and where was no huge changes since 16.11.
About Power9, I didn't find any reference to this platform in sources or
documentation.

> I have had to move along with DPDK to get this to work.

I'm using sometimes ARMv8 system for testing OvS with DPDK and experiencing
no significant issues.

Best regards, Ilya Maximets.


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