[ovs-dev] OVS-DPDK public meeting

[Kevin Traynor]

Next meeting September 18th 1700 UTC

August 21st minutes
Attendees: Pieter, Frikkie, Scott, Roni, Ian, Simon, Kevin.

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GENERAL
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- OVS 2.12
-- No updates - not aware of any blockers

- DPDK Stable Releases
-- 18.11.3 backports in progress
-- Estimate of early October for 18.11.3 release

- DPDK 19.11
-- DPDK 19.11 is looking like it will be a very large release
-- That increases the risk around integration with OVS
-- dpdk-latest branch in place and being use for early integration/feedback

- Conferences
-- DPDK Userspace, Bordeaux, September 19th-20th
-- DPDK Summit North America, Mountain View CA, November 12-13

- OpenStack VF Mac Setting
-- Request for ability to set VF MAC setting inside a VM from OVS DPDK.
-- There is some discussion on this
-- ping Ian for more details if interested

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PERFORMANCE/FEATURES
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- OVS 2.13 Planned Features
-- Detailed packet drop statistics per dpdk and vhostuser ports

-- DPDK 19.11 Update
--- as above

-- DPDK RFC 4115 egress policer (requires 19.11)
--- Eelco has submitted patches
--- perhaps they can be integrated on dpdk-latest branch

-- MSEG/TSO
--- Want to get early feedback as it is an intrusive change
--- Some rebased and reworked patches will be available soon

-- 4k page unit test Support (requires 19.11)

-- DPCLS Optimization
--- Some already pushed, Harry is looking at more

-- Connection tracking offload
--- Roni reported that this dev work is in progress and we can expect an
RFC soon


On 25/07/2017 14:25, Kevin Traynor wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> The OVS-DPDK public meetings have moved to Wednesday's at the same time.
> Everyone is welcome, it's a chance to share status/plans etc.
> 
> It's scheduled for every 2 weeks starting 26th July. Meeting time is
> currently @ 4pm UTC.
> 
> You can connect through Bluejeans or through dial in:
> 
> https://bluejeans.com/139318596
> 
> US: +1.408.740.7256
> UK: +44.203.608.5256
> Germany: +49.32.221.091256
> Ireland: +353.1.697.1256
> Other numbers at https://www.bluejeans.com/numbers
> Meeting ID: 139318596
> 
> thanks,
> Kevin.
>