[ovs-dev] OVS-DPDK public meeting

[Kevin Traynor]

Next meeting October 30th 1700 UTC

October 2nd minutes
Attendees: Roni, Aaron, David, Frikkie, Simon, Ian, Kevin.

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GENERAL
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- DPDK Stable Releases
-- 18.11.3
-- Still in validation, planning to release next week

- DPDK 19.11
-- Current Release date 8th Nov (but likely it will be later)
-- dpdk-latest branch in place and being use for early integration/feedback
-- Question if the branch should be updated weekly? (Ian)
-- dpdk-latest travis enablement - thanks David

- Conferences
-- DPDK Summit North America, Mountain View CA, November 12-13
-- OVS conf, Red Hat Westford (Boston area) December 10 and 11
https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-announce/2019-September/000256.html


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PERFORMANCE/FEATURES
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- OVS 2.13 Planned Features
-- Detailed packet drop statistics per dpdk and vhostuser ports
-- Various patches to help with visibility and stats

-- 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?
---- This seems to be an add on feature, so probably would not be
suitable for dpdk-latest, which is about keep compatibility with DPDK
project master branch

-- MSEG/TSO  (possibly requires 19.11)
--- Older patchset rebased
--- Still incurs overhead and code maintainability issues for OVS.
--- Flavio suggested alternative approach for vhost dequeue to help
reduce this, requires change in DPDK for 19.11 (Could lead to API/ABI
breakage)
--- Under discussion on DPDK ML
--- http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-October/145593.html /
http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/20191001221935.12140-1-fbl@sysclose.org/

-- Miniflow bit dump utility
--- Builds upon DPCLS refactor from 2.12
--- Help to identify miniflow bits in use to allow sub table specialization.


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
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> Other numbers at https://www.bluejeans.com/numbers
> Meeting ID: 139318596
> 
> thanks,
> Kevin.
>