[ovs-dev] OVS-DPDK public meeting

[Kevin Traynor]

Next meeting April 15th 1600 UTC

Attendees: Eelco, David, Flavio, William, Marcelo, Scott, Eli, Gaetan,
Ilya, Johann, Roni, Ameer, Ian, Oz, Majd, Simon, Hemal, thomas, John M,
Aaron, John Mac, Edwin, Irene.

No presentations today, so didn't record.

April 1st Agenda/Minutes

- OVS-DPDK HwOl
-- rte_flow integration into OVS (Oz et al)
--- Looking to see if there should be something at a higher level that
would be a better fit for integrating in OVS
--- Drivers could then implement rules in hw specific ways
--- Will give an update at some point in future

-- Setting mac address (Roni et al)
--- Discussion about setting mac addr through OVS
https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2020-March/368407.html
--- What will happen if also set outside of OVS?
--- Is it ok to trust sys admin not to create conflicts?
--- Some precedent in OVS kernel datapath QoS, whereby relying on the
user not to create a conflict through OVS and externally
--- tbc on mailing list

-- Specifying config of vf representor or vf (Thomas)
--- Previously DPDK patch added API flag to specify whether operation
was for vf rep or vf
http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/20191029185051.32203-1-thomas@monjalon.net/
--- There was some concerns about the API for some Hw and about OVS
distinguishing these ports
--- Patches to be revived for further discussion

- Validation with DPDK releases (Ian)
--- Will validate with 18.11.7-rc1 for 2.11/2.12 branch

- DPDK-latest branch (Ilya/Ian)
-- To be rebased
-- Used as basis for UNH testing (i.e. DPDK patches with OVS)
https://www.iol.unh.edu/testing/open-networking/linuxprojects/dpdk

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.
> 
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> thanks,
> Kevin.
>