[ovs-dev] [PATCH v2 branch-2.6] docs: Use DPDK 16.07.2 stable release
Daniele Di Proietto
daniele.di.proietto at gmail.com
Fri Mar 10 23:53:32 UTC 2017
2017-03-10 3:47 GMT-08:00 Ian Stokes <ian.stokes at intel.com>:
> DPDK now provides a stable release branch. Modify dpdk docs and travis
> linux build script to use the DPDK 16.07.2 stable branch to benefit from
> most recent bug fixes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ian Stokes <ian.stokes at intel.com>
Thanks, applied to branch-2.6
> ---
> v1 -> v2
> * Set correct path to DPDK stable branch for EXTRA_OPTS in travis linux
> build.
> ---
> .travis/linux-build.sh | 14 +++++++-------
> FAQ.md | 4 ++--
> INSTALL.DPDK-ADVANCED.md | 6 +++---
> INSTALL.DPDK.md | 22 ++++++++++------------
> 4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/.travis/linux-build.sh b/.travis/linux-build.sh
> index 3bcec93..f15f706 100755
> --- a/.travis/linux-build.sh
> +++ b/.travis/linux-build.sh
> @@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ function install_kernel()
> function install_dpdk()
> {
> if [ -n "$DPDK_GIT" ]; then
> - git clone $DPDK_GIT dpdk-$1
> - cd dpdk-$1
> - git checkout v$1
> + git clone $DPDK_GIT dpdk-stable-$1
> + cd dpdk-stable-$1
> + git checkout tags/v$1
> else
> - wget http://www.dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/snapshot/dpdk-$1.tar.gz
> + wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-$1.tar.gz
> tar xzvf dpdk-$1.tar.gz > /dev/null
> - cd dpdk-$1
> + cd dpdk-stable-$1
> fi
> find ./ -type f | xargs sed -i 's/max-inline-insns-single=100/max-inline-insns-single=400/'
> echo 'CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_FPIC=y' >>config/common_linuxapp
> @@ -80,14 +80,14 @@ fi
>
> if [ "$DPDK" ]; then
> if [ -z "$DPDK_VER" ]; then
> - DPDK_VER="16.07"
> + DPDK_VER="16.07.2"
> fi
> install_dpdk $DPDK_VER
> if [ "$CC" = "clang" ]; then
> # Disregard cast alignment errors until DPDK is fixed
> CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wno-cast-align"
> fi
> - EXTRA_OPTS="$EXTRA_OPTS --with-dpdk=./dpdk-$DPDK_VER/build"
> + EXTRA_OPTS="$EXTRA_OPTS --with-dpdk=./dpdk-stable-$DPDK_VER/build"
> elif [ "$CC" != "clang" ]; then
> # DPDK headers currently trigger sparse errors
> SPARSE_FLAGS="$SPARSE_FLAGS -Wsparse-error"
> diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md
> index cf30f9b..75a393b 100644
> --- a/FAQ.md
> +++ b/FAQ.md
> @@ -256,12 +256,12 @@ A: The following table lists the DPDK version against which the
> given versions of Open vSwitch will successfully build.
>
> | Open vSwitch | DPDK
> -|:------------:|:-----:
> +|:------------:|:-------:
> | 2.2.x | 1.6
> | 2.3.x | 1.6
> | 2.4.x | 2.0
> | 2.5.x | 2.2
> -| 2.6.x | 16.07
> +| 2.6.x | 16.07.2
>
> ### Q: I get an error like this when I configure Open vSwitch:
>
> diff --git a/INSTALL.DPDK-ADVANCED.md b/INSTALL.DPDK-ADVANCED.md
> index e3603a1..ae21aca 100755
> --- a/INSTALL.DPDK-ADVANCED.md
> +++ b/INSTALL.DPDK-ADVANCED.md
> @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ for DPDK and OVS.
> For IVSHMEM case, set `export DPDK_TARGET=x86_64-ivshmem-linuxapp-gcc`
>
> ```
> - export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-16.07
> + export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-16.07.2
> export DPDK_BUILD=$DPDK_DIR/$DPDK_TARGET
> make install T=$DPDK_TARGET DESTDIR=install
> ```
> @@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ For users wanting to do packet forwarding using kernel stack below are the steps
> cd /usr/src/cmdline_generator
> wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netgroup-polito/un-orchestrator/master/orchestrator/compute_controller/plugins/kvm-libvirt/cmdline_generator/cmdline_generator.c
> wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netgroup-polito/un-orchestrator/master/orchestrator/compute_controller/plugins/kvm-libvirt/cmdline_generator/Makefile
> - export RTE_SDK=/usr/src/dpdk-16.07
> + export RTE_SDK=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-16.07.2
> export RTE_TARGET=x86_64-ivshmem-linuxapp-gcc
> make
> ./build/cmdline_generator -m -p dpdkr0 XXX
> @@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ For users wanting to do packet forwarding using kernel stack below are the steps
> mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /dev/hugepages (if not already mounted)
>
> # Build the DPDK ring application in the VM
> - export RTE_SDK=/root/dpdk-16.07
> + export RTE_SDK=/root/dpdk-stable-16.07.2
> export RTE_TARGET=x86_64-ivshmem-linuxapp-gcc
> make
>
> diff --git a/INSTALL.DPDK.md b/INSTALL.DPDK.md
> index 30e9258..9ab29f3 100644
> --- a/INSTALL.DPDK.md
> +++ b/INSTALL.DPDK.md
> @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ The DPDK support of Open vSwitch is considered 'experimental'.
>
> ### Prerequisites
>
> -* Required: DPDK 16.07
> +* Required: DPDK 16.07.2
> * Hardware: [DPDK Supported NICs] when physical ports in use
>
> ## <a name="build"></a> 2. Building and Installation
> @@ -42,10 +42,9 @@ advanced install guide [INSTALL.DPDK-ADVANCED.md]
>
> ```
> cd /usr/src/
> - wget http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/snapshot/dpdk-16.07.zip
> - unzip dpdk-16.07.zip
> -
> - export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-16.07
> + wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-16.07.2.tar.xz
> + tar xf dpdk-16.07.2.tar.xz
> + export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-16.07.2
> cd $DPDK_DIR
> ```
>
> @@ -372,9 +371,9 @@ can be found in [Vhost Walkthrough].
>
> ```
> cd /root/dpdk/
> - wget http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/snapshot/dpdk-16.07.zip
> - unzip dpdk-16.07.zip
> - export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-16.07
> + wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-16.07.2.tar.xz
> + tar xf dpdk-16.07.2.tar.xz
> + export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-16.07.2
> export DPDK_TARGET=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
> export DPDK_BUILD=$DPDK_DIR/$DPDK_TARGET
> cd $DPDK_DIR
> @@ -530,7 +529,7 @@ can be found in [Vhost Walkthrough].
> </disk>
> <disk type='dir' device='disk'>
> <driver name='qemu' type='fat'/>
> - <source dir='/usr/src/dpdk-16.07'/>
> + <source dir='/usr/src/dpdk-stable-16.07.2'/>
> <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/>
> <readonly/>
> </disk>
> @@ -599,10 +598,9 @@ can be found in [Vhost Walkthrough].
> DPDK. It is recommended that users update Network Interface firmware to
> match what has been validated for the DPDK release.
>
> - For DPDK 16.07, the list of validated firmware versions can be found at:
> -
> - http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16.07.html
> + For DPDK 16.07.2, the list of validated firmware versions can be found at:
>
> + http://dpdk.org/doc/guides-16.07/rel_notes/release_16_07.html
>
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